State v. Bird

OPINION

THORNE, Judge:

T1 Dustin Lynn Bird appeals his convietion on one count of failure to respond to an officer's signal to stop, a third degree felony. See generally Utah Code Ann. § 41-6a-210(1)(b) (2010). Bird argues that the district court failed to adequately instruct the jury on the elements of that offense.

BACKGROUND

T2 On October 12, 2009, Salt Lake City police officer Alma Todd Sweeney was traveling eastbound on 700 South in Salt Lake City when he observed a blue Ford Mustang approaching him in the oncoming lane. As the two vehicles passed each other, the Mustang's driver and…