Wickham v. Galetka

HOWE, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 The State appeals from a judgment granting post-conviction relief in the form of a new trial to petitioner Christopher Wick-ham who had been convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual assault, each a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. §76-5-405 (1996).

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 This case arises from the sexual assault of a sixteen-year-old girl while she was at a party on the evening of December 28, 1997. At trial, the victim testified that she was beaten and later sexually assaulted and sodomized by Wickham and codefendant Danny Pliego. She also testified…