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Utah Supreme Court· 9/30/1985

State v. Howell

Citations

  • 707 P.2d 115
  • 1985 Utah LEXIS 919

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  • concluding that it was appropriate for a sentencing judge to consider evidence that the defendants sexually abused their children, even though the defendants were convicted only on charges of physical child abuse
  • holding that district courts have \substantial discretion in imposing a sentence\ and may consider all \reasonably reliable and relevant information in exercising [that] discretion\
  • stating that to effectuate due process requirement that “sentencing judge act on reasonably reliable and relevant information,” defendant must receive copy of presentence report
  • concluding that the dis trict court did not abuse its discretion in considering evidence of the defendants' sexual abuse of their children while sentencing them on physical abuse convictions because the evidence \had indicia of reliability and was relevant in sentencing\
  • holding trial court did not err in relying on evidence in presentence report that defendants had sexually abused their children when evidence had “indicia of reliability and was relevant in sentencing” and evidence was uncontroverted
  • requiring \that a sentencing judge act on reasonably reliable and relevant information in exercising discretion in fixing a sentence\

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Judges: Stewart, Hall, Howe, Durham, Zimmerman

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