State v. Berg

STEWART, Justice:

Defendant was found guilty under § 58-37 — 8(l)(c) 1 of distribution of a controlled substance. Defendant appeals from the conviction, claiming the court erred in finding that State’s witness Jill Hales was not an accomplice and her testimony did not have to be corroborated. He also contends that application of § 77-31-18, 2 which dispenses with the requirement of corroboration of an accomplice’s testimony and which became effective after the commission of the crime, in this case violates the ex post facto prohibitions of Article I, § 18 of the Utah Constitution and of the…