Legal Opinion

State v. Vict. Asta

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided November 29, 2018No. 20160942-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges David N. Mortensen and Michele M. Christiansen Forster concurred.

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Judge:

¶1 After Victoria Asta pled no contest to charges of burglary and assault against a police officer, the district court sentenced her to prison. Asta now appeals that sentence, asserting that the sentencing judge should have recused himself, and that the court abused its discretion in imposing the sentence. Asta also complains that the court failed to specifically address several of her objections to items contained within the presentence report (PSR). We affirm Asta's sentence, as well as the judge's decision not to recuse himself, but remand for the limited purpose of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Allen v. FrielUtah Supreme Court · 2008
  2. State v. GardnerUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  3. State v. MoaUtah Supreme Court · 2012
  4. State v. JaegerUtah Supreme Court · 1999
  5. State v. HelmsUtah Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. SamoraCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2021
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