State v. Wadman

WILKINS, Justice:

All statutory references are to Utah Code Annotated, as enacted in 1973, Title 76, Utah Criminal Code (1977 Edition) unless otherwise indicated.

Defendant was charged by Information with the Crime of Forcible Sexual Abuse, a third degree felony, in violation of Sec. 76-5-404.

The case was tried before the District Court for Davis County sitting without a jury and the defendant was found guilty as charged. At sentencing, the District Court entered a judgment of conviction for a class A misdemeanor, the next lower category of offense to the. one on which he was found guilty,…