Legal Opinion

State v. Pontiff

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided August 6, 2026No. Case No. 20240854-CAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

2026 UT App 117

THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. HUNTER JOSEPH PONTIFF, Appellant. Opinion No. 20240854-CA Filed August 6, 2026 Fourth District Court, American Fork Department The Honorable Roger W. Griffin No. 221100305 Dallas B. Young and Jennifer Foresta, Attorneys for Appellant Derek E. Brown and Daniel L. Day, Attorneys for Appellee JUDGE RYAN D. TENNEY authored this Opinion, in which JUDGES GREGORY K. ORME and JOHN D. LUTHY concurred. TENNEY, Judge: ¶1 A short time after Hunter Pontiff and Amanda 1 matched on a dating app, they met up at Pontiff’s house. They ended…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. RimmaschUtah Supreme Court · 1989
  3. State v. MaestasUtah Supreme Court · 2012
  4. State v. CloptenUtah Supreme Court · 2009
  5. State v. BrooksUtah Supreme Court · 1995

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