State v. Pedersen

*165MEMORANDUM DECISION

DAVIS, Judge:

¶ 1 Paul Harry Pedersen (Defendant) appeals his conviction of theft by receiving stolen property. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-408 (2003).1 We affirm.

¶2 Defendant does not dispute that the trial court properly instructed the jury regarding the mental states necessary to convict him of the crime charged — knowing and intentional. Instead, Defendant posits, without authority, the fundamentally illogical argument that the trial court committed reversible error when- it refused to give his requested jury instruction regarding the less culpable mens reas of criminal…