State v. Jones

Associate Chief Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 Adam Jones stands charged with official misconduct under Utah Code section 76-8-201 and with witness tampering under Utah Code section 76-8-508(1). At a preliminary hearing in the district court, the magistrate judge refused to bind him over for trial. The court of appeals affirmed on appeal. We reverse.

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T2 At 9:45 p.m. on March 7, 2011, Police Chief Adam J ones-one-half 'of the two-person police force in Kamas, Utah-had fifteen minutes left in his ten-hour shift when he received & call on his personal cell phone. 1 The caller was D.M., the…