Legal Opinion

N.A.D. v. State

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided October 23, 2014No. 20130669-CAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Memorandum Decision

DAVIS, Judge:

T1 Fourteen-year-old N.A.D. was accused of raping and threatening to kill seven-year-old K.W. while N.A.D. and his sister were sleeping at K.W.'s home. N.A.D. was subsequently adjudicated delinquent for rape of a child and threatening the life of a child. We affirm. ~

T2 N.AD. first argues that he was denied due process because the same judge who ruled on his motion to suppress presided over his trial. Because this issue was not preserved below, he raises it on grounds of plain error and ineffective assistance of counsel.

18 In order to prevail on grounds of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. DunnUtah Supreme Court · 1993
  3. State v. LitherlandUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. MaestasUtah Supreme Court · 2012
  5. State v. KelleyUtah Supreme Court · 2000

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