State v. Larsen

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

The central issue raised on this appeal is whether a stay of a criminal sentence pending appeal is governed by Utah Code Ann. § 77-20-10 or by rule 27, Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure.

A jury convicted defendant C. Dean Larsen of eighteen felony counts of securities fraud. He was sentenced to a term of imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine and make restitution on each count. He then filed a petition with the trial court for a certificate of probable cause to stay execution of the sentence pending appeal. That court issued a certificate of probable cause…