Legal Opinion

State v. Bullock

Utah Supreme Court

Decided October 18, 1989No. 870053PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant appeals his convictions of three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child1 and three counts of sodomy upon a child.2 The issue presented is whether defendant was convicted on the basis of inadmissible evidence which deprived him of a fair trial. Defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. Rather, he contends that the manner in which the case was investigated so tainted the evidence that it was rendered inadmissible at trial, that the trial court committed plain error in admitting the child victims’ out-of-court statements and the opinions of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Coy v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. State v. CarterUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  4. State v. TillmanUtah Supreme Court · 1987
  5. State v. VerdeUtah Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by84 opinions

  1. State v. DunnUtah Supreme Court · 1993
  2. State v. HolgateUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. LitherlandUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Bullock v. CarverCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
  5. State v. TemplinUtah Supreme Court · 1990

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