Legal Opinion

State v. Thornton

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided November 14, 2014No. 20121086-CAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PEARCE, Judge:

1 Robert Damien Thornton appeals from his conviction of three counts of rape of a child, three counts of sodomy on a child, three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and one count of witness tampering, all of which resulted from his alleged sexual abuse of his roommate's twelve-year-old daughter (Child). Thornton argues that the district court erred by exeluding evidence of Child's other sexual activity and by admitting evidence that Thornton had supplied Child's mother (Mother) with drugs and encouraged Mother to prostitute herself. We determine that the district…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. United States v. Bowie, JuanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000
  3. State v. ShicklesUtah Supreme Court · 1988
  4. State v. HowardSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1981
  5. United States v. James Scott DalyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. ThorntonUtah Supreme Court · 2017
  2. State v. MainCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2021
  3. State v. BlackwingUtah Supreme Court · 2025
  4. State v. ThorntonUtah Supreme Court · 2017

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