State v. Bero

HOWE, Justice:

A district court judge in a criminal action set aside a default judgment of forfeiture of defendant’s car which judgment had been previously entered by another district court judge in a related civil matter. The State of Utah in this appeal seeks a reversal of the order which set aside the judgment of forfeiture, and a reinstatement of the original default judgment or, alternatively, a remand to the original judge to consider the motion to vacate his order. The State also seeks a remand of the criminal case in order to determine whether defendant’s guilty plea should be allowed…