State v. Guzman

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

¶1 Defendant Fernando Antonio Guzman appeals his conviction on one count of rape, a first degree felony. See Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-402 (LexisNexis 2017). 1 Defendant contends that the trial court erred in excluding evidence under rule 412 of the Utah Rules of Evidence, that the trial court erroneously admitted hearsay evidence and violated his constitutional right to confrontation, and that the State failed to produce sufficient evidence at trial to support his conviction. We affirm.

BACKGROUND 2

¶2 In November 2011, Victim, who was then fifteen years old, was a patient at a…