State v. Henriod

DURHAM, Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 In this case, the State petitions for extraordinary relief under rule 65B of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure and rule 19 of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure. The State requests that we vacate the district court’s order that denied the State’s motion to allow a child witness to testify outside the defendant’s presence via closed circuit television. 1 The district court reasoned that such testimony violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The parties disagree over which precedent governs this issue.…