Legal Opinion

State v. Samul

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided September 13, 2018No. 20160465-CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges Michele M. Christiansen Forster and Jill M. Pohlman concurred.

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Judge:

¶1 Theodore James Samul pled guilty to attempted aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping, and was sentenced to consecutive prison sentences. He appeals those sentences, raising two general issues for our review. First, Samul argues that the terms of the plea agreement called for concurrent sentences, and that the State breached that agreement when the prosecutor failed to affirmatively argue for concurrent sentences. Samul asserts that his attorney rendered ineffective assistance, and that the district court committed plain error, by failing to require the State to abide by the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. JohnsonUtah Supreme Court · 2017
  3. State v. ClarkUtah Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Layton City v. CarrCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2014
  5. Mind & Motion Utah Investments, LLC v. Celtic Bank Corp.Utah Supreme Court · 2016

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Carrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2023
  2. State v. HarperCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2020
  3. State v. PerezCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2026
  4. State v. ConnelleyCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2026

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