State v. Sanwick

AMENDED OPINION

Defendant appeals the sentence on a plea of guilty to rape, a first degree felony under U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-402 (1978 ed.). He claims that the trial court improperly relied upon hearsay statements in the pre-sentence report in sentencing defendant to prison. Defendant also claims that the court improperly precluded him from confronting his two daughters at the sentencing hearing, thereby denying him due process of law. We affirm.

Defendant was charged with ten counts of rape and sexual abuse of his two minor daughters. He entered a plea of guilty to one count of rape in…