Utah Supreme Court· 2/3/1988

State v. Bishop

Citations

753 P.2d 439
75 Utah Adv. Rep. 9
1988 Utah LEXIS 20
1988 WL 14562

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holding that \appellant has the burden of establishing that reversible error resulted from an abuse of discretion\
holding that “appellant has the burden of establishing that reversible error resulted from an abuse of discretion”
holding that for “error to require reversal, likelihood of a different outcome must be sufficiently high to undermine our confidence in the [jury’s] verdict.”
holding photo showing hole in child’s skull and pair of tongs pulling skin away to reveal brain cavity gruesome and potentially greatly prejudicial
stating that appellate courts are \ 'not simply a depository in which the appealing party may dump the burden of argument and research'\
explaining that “[w]hen a statute is amended, the amendment is persuasive evidence of the legislature’s [original] intent”

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Judges: Hall, Stewart, Durham, Zimmerman, Howe

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