State v. Baker

MEMORANDUM DECISION

ORME, Judge:

¶ 1 Defendant Robert Roy Baker claims that his trial attorney rendered ineffective assistance during the course of sentencing. Defendant, however, is precluded from raising that issue in this appeal because this court previously ruled on the matter in an earlier appeal brought by Defendant. See generally State v. Baker, 2007 UT App 35U, 2007 WL 416682 (per curiam), cert. denied, 168 P.3d 1264 (Utah 2007).

¶ 2 “[R]es. judicata ... refer[s] to the overall doctrine of the preclusive effects to be given to judgments. [It] has two branches: claim preclusion and issue…