State v. Harrison
Utah Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*940WILKINS, Justice:
11 A jury found defendant Flint Wayne Harrison guilty of first degree rape and see-ond degree forcible sexual abuse, violations of sections 76-5402 and 76-5-404 of the Utah Code. Defendant appeals, arguing that procedures that occurred at trial deprived him of his constitutional right to a fair trial. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
BACKGROUND1
12 Defendant and the victim, A.G., both attended a party. The victim, a seventeen-year-old girl, testified that she became intoxicated at the party and passed out on the bathroom floor where she was raped by defendant. Defendant…
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