State v. Otkovic

DAVIS, Judge:

¶ 1 Milan Otkovic challenges his convictions and sentences for aggravated kidnapping, a first degree felony, Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-302(1), (3) (LexisNexis Supp.2013),1 and aggravated robbery, a first degree felony, id. § 76-6-302(l)-(2) (2012). We reverse and remand for a new trial.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 On May 24, 2009, Otkovic sent a text message to Travis Hawkins offering to sell *748him a television and a computer.2 According to Otkovic, he and another man named Matt Shields were involved in a multi-state theft ring with Hawkins. Otkovic, Shields, and others would create receipts for…