Legal Opinion

State v. Torres

Utah Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 2000No. 981611PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DURHAM, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

[ 1 Defendant Adrian Torres was convicted by a jury of distribution of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone, a first-degree felony under Utah Code Ann. § 58-27-(Supp.1999). The issue raised on appeal is whether the evidence of entrapment presented to the jury necessarily created a reasonable doubt as to defendant's guilt. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

12 Although the evidence at trial was in conflict, we generally resolve all "conflicts in the evidence in favor of the jury verdict" and recite the facts accordingly. State v. Workman, 852 P.2d 981, 984 (Utah 1998).…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. WorkmanUtah Supreme Court · 1993
  2. State v. TaylorUtah Supreme Court · 1979
  3. State v. CurtisUtah Supreme Court · 1975
  4. State v. KourbelasUtah Supreme Court · 1980
  5. State v. UdellUtah Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by2 opinions

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  2. State v. HernandezCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2020

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