State v. Harter
Court of Appeals of Utah
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREENWOOD, Associate Presiding Judge:
T1 Defendant Matthew Lee Harter appeals his convictions for unlawful detention, assault, and violation of a protective order. Defendant argues that his defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to (1) the State's comments during its closing argument about Defendant's flight from police officers; (2) a police officer's testimony about the age of the victim's bruises depicted in a photograph; (8) two jurors who were formerly represented by the prosecutor; and (4) admission of prior bad act evidence. Alternatively, Defendant…
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