State v. Sheehan

OPINION

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

T1 Defendant Robert Michael Sheehan challenges his jury convictions for aggravated burglary, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-203 (2008), and aggravated assault, see id. § 76-5-108 (current version at id. (Supp. 2011)). Sheehan argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it failed to hold a Rim-masch or rule 702 hearing to determine whether to admit the State's expert testimony that a palm print found at the seene matched Sheehan's palm print. See generalty Utah R. Evid. 702; State v. Rimmasch, 775 P.2d 388 (Utah 1989). We affirm the trial court's decision in…