State v. Werner

OPINION

BILLINGS, Associate Presiding Judge:

11 Jason Werner appeals his jury conviction for aggravated sexual assault, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Annotated section 76-5-405 (1997). Werner asserts the district court erred in concluding his confession was not the involuntary product of police eoercion, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

T2 On May 18, 1999, at about 9:50 a.m., Lisa Wentz was walking across the Cache Valley Mall parking lot in Logan, Utah, on her way to work. In the parking lot, a young…