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State v. Hall

Citations

  • 946 P.2d 712
  • 325 Utah Adv. Rep. 20
  • 1997 Utah App. LEXIS 101
  • 1997 WL 561439

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  • concluding that counsel did not perform deficiently by failing to request a lesser included offense instruction that “would have been inconsistent” with the defense theory argued at trial
  • finding circumstantial evidence of intent included pulling down the victim’s shorts and underwear and stroking her genital area
  • inferring intent where the defendant pulled down the victim’s shorts and stroked her genital area
  • noting the importance of defendant’s credibility as a factor that weighed against excluding impeachment evidence under rule 403
  • declining to consider an appellant's plain-error arguments when \the alleged errors reasonably resulted from defense counsel's 'conscious decision' to refrain from objecting'\ (quoting Bullock, 791 P.2d at 158-59)
  • declining to consider an appellant's plain-error arguments when \the alleged errors reasonably resulted from defense counsel's 'conscious decision' to refrain from objecting'\ (quoting Bullock, 791 P.2d at 158-59)

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Judges: Davis, Wilkins, Bench

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