Legal Opinion

State v. Johnston

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided May 21, 2009No. Case No. 20080422-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION

BENCH, Judge:

1 1 Defendant James Johnston appeals pro se the district court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence pursuant to rule 22(e) of the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure. We affirm.

12 Among convictions for several other crimes, Defendant was convicted of one count of sodomy on a child and sentenced to an indeterminate term of six, ten, or fifteen years to life. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-403.1 (Supp.1996) (amended 2007 & 2008). Defendant's sentence for the sodomy on a child conviction was to run consecutively to the sentences for his other convictions.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. BrooksUtah Supreme Court · 1995
  2. State v. CasarezUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  3. State v. GarnerUtah Supreme Court · 2005
  4. State v. NealUtah Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Kuehnert v. TurnerUtah Supreme Court · 1972

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Tillman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2012
  2. State v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2018

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