Legal Opinion

State v. Harter

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided January 5, 2007No. Case No. 20050919-CAPublishedCited by 10 opinions

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…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. LitherlandUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. ClarkUtah Supreme Court · 2004
  4. State v. ShicklesUtah Supreme Court · 1988
  5. State v. KelleyUtah Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. State v. OttUtah Supreme Court · 2010
  2. State v. LuceroUtah Supreme Court · 2014
  3. State v. CuttlerUtah Supreme Court · 2015
  4. State v. LarrabeeUtah Supreme Court · 2013
  5. State v. LabrumCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2014

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