State v. Pecht

DURHAM, Justice.

INTRODUCTION

1 Defendant Kevin Lee Pecht appeals a judgment and conviction of two counts of sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse, both first degree felonies in violation of Utah Code Ann. §§ 76-5-408.1 and 76-5-404.1 (1999), respectively. On appeal, defendant challenges his conviction on three separate grounds. First, he alleges that the trial court committed plain error in its application of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-411 (1999) by failing to make the required reliability evaluations of out-of-court statements offered at trial, by not reducing its findings to writing, and…