State v. Banner

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant, Nicholas Banner, was found guilty by a jury of committing sodomy upon a child, a first degree felony, in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-403.1 (Supp. 1983), and sexual abuse of a child, a first degree felony, in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-404 (Supp.1983). Our resolution of this appeal requires that we reach two of the issues presented by defendant: whether he was denied a speedy trial and whether the lower court erred in failing to exclude evidence of defendant’s prior convictions.

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Defendant was arrested on December 5, 1983, after being charged in a…