State v. Ortiz

Memorandum Decision

DAVIS, Judge:

{1 Daniel Martinez Ortiz appeals his conviction for aggravated robbery, a first degree felony, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-802 (Lex-isNexis 2012), on the ground that he was unfairly prejudiced by the trial court's denial of his motion for permission to cover his facial tattoos at trial. 1 We affirm.

T2 Ortiz asserts that the tattoos were inadmissible under rules 401, 402, and 403 of the Utah Rules of Evidence because they were irrelevant and unfairly prejudicial. See generally Utah R. Evid. 401, 402, 403. Ortiz's argument rests on the assumption that the tattoos…