State v. Shickles

STEWART, Justice:

Thomas Shickles was charged with and convicted of child kidnapping, a first degree felony, pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-301.1 (Supp.1987).1 The trial court sentenced defendant to a minimum mandatory prison term of ten years and a maximum term that may be for life.2

I. FACTS

Shickles met the victim’s family through a roller skating club in Kearns, Utah, and a friendly relationship developed between the family and defendant. Shickles frequently visited the victim’s family home in Sandy, Utah, and occasionally spent the night there. He even went with them on a three-day ice…