State v. Sawyers

OPINION

Before BENCH, GREENWOOD and ORME, JJ. GREENWOOD, Judge:

Appellant, Justin Chet Sawyers, appeals his conviction of distribution of a controlled substance to a minor, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 58-37-8 (Supp.1990), on the basis that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. He also argues that the trial court order requiring him to submit handwriting exemplars violated his constitutional rights, and that the statute under which he was convicted has previously been found unconstitutional. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

Sixteen-year-old Matthew Mandera told his mother that he…