State v. Peterson

681 P.2d 1210 (1984)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Byron Dale PETERSON, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 18298.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 13, 1984.

Bryce K. Bryner, Price, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Parrish, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

HALL, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals convictions of aggravated burglary,[1] aggravated assault[2] and assault.[3]

In the early morning of September 1, 1981, Sandra Dotson, a resident of Price, Utah, was awakened by noises in her kitchen. She had been sleeping on a couch in the living room, which…