State v. Spainhower

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

¶ 1 Appellant, Gary Wayne Spainhower, appeals his conviction for retaliation against a witness, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-8-508(2)(e) (1995), arguing the evidence presented by the State was insufficient to make a pilma facie showing that he “commu-nieate[d] to a person a threat that a reasonable person would believe to be a threat to do bodily injury to the person.” Id. We con- elude the State’s evidence was sufficient to establish a prima facie case and affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Appellant was convicted of retail theft on March 25, 1996. The trial court ordered him to…