Legal Opinion
State v. McDonald
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided August 21, 2025No. Case No. 20230669-CAPublished
1Opinion of the Court
2025 UT App 127
THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. ELIJAH MCDONALD, Appellant. Opinion No. 20230669-CA Filed August 21, 2025 Third District Court, Salt Lake Department The Honorable Paul B. Parker No. 201902938 Peter Daines, Attorney for Appellant Derek E. Brown and Michael Gadd, Attorneys for Appellee JUDGE JOHN D. LUTHY authored this Opinion, in which JUDGES MICHELE M. CHRISTIANSEN FORSTER and AMY J. OLIVER concurred. LUTHY, Judge: ¶1 Elijah McDonald was convicted of aggravated assault for breaking a man’s jaw with a single punch to his face. McDonald asks us to reverse…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- State v. ScottUtah Supreme Court · 2020
- Colosimo v. Gateway Cmty. ChurchUtah Supreme Court · 2018
- State v. MartinezCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2015
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