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· 1/29/2026

State v. Fitzwater

Citations

  • 2026 UT App 10

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that defendant did not receive a de facto life sentence where he would be eligible for parole at sixty-seven
  • holding no de facto life sentence was imposed for offender who will be eligible for parole at age sixty-seven
  • finding waiver of a discretionary aspect of sentencing issue where it was not raised below in a post-sentence motion or at a sentencing hearing
  • “[U]nless issue challenging discretionary aspects of a sentence is raised in a post-sentence motion or during the sentencing proceeding, it is waived[.]”

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