Salt Lake City v. Miles

T30 The operative statutory provisions criminalize a restricted person's "possession" of "an item that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury." Utah Code § 76-10-503 & 501(6)(a) (2011) (emphasis added). These provisions seem clearly to extend to the possession of a knife by a person who *221openly threatens his intended use of causing death or serious bodily injury. And in this case the evidence of such intent was clear and straightforward.

131 The jury heard testimony from the field supervisor on duty that Wade Miles said he had a knife or…