State v. Cantu

HOWE, Justice:

Defendant appeals from convictions on charges of aggravated robbery, Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-302 (1978), aggravated burglary, § 76-6-203, and aggravated assault, § 76-5-103.

Defendant testified that on December 22, 1984, he pried open a window in the victim’s house and entered with two companions. He admitted taking a warm coat, but claimed that he left the house when he heard someone snoring in the bedroom. The victim, a 68-year-old woman, testified that defendant pulled her up to his face, demanded that she tell him where she kept her silver and gold, and then struck her in the…