Salt Lake City v. Smoot

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

Defendant Donald Phillip Smoot appeals his jury conviction on one count of Interfering with an Officer, a violation of Salt Lake City Code § 11.04.030 (1989). Defendant argues that the police had no right to run a warrants cheek on him and that the jury was improperly instructed. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In January of 1994, a series of armed robberies occurred at several downtown bars and restaurants in Salt Lake City. Defendant testified that he had become concerned about these robberies because he was a resident of the area and had friends who worked in nearby bars and…