Legal Opinion
State v. Litherland
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 2000No. 990016PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURRANT, Justice:
T1 Defendant Christopher Litherland appeals his convictions of rape and forcible sexual abuse. He asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request that two prospective jurors be dismissed for cause or for failing to remove them with perempto ry challenges, and that the trial court committed plain error in failing to remove, sua sponte, those same jurors. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
12 We relate the facts in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict. See State v. Gordon, 918 P.2d 850, 851 (Utah 1996). During the time of the relevant events in this case, the…
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