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· 3/23/1989

State v. Moritzsky

Citations

  • 771 P.2d 688
  • 104 Utah Adv. Rep. 37
  • 1989 Utah App. LEXIS 39
  • 1989 WL 26707

How courts have described this case

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  • refusing to attribute defense counsel's failure to object to a defense of habitation instruction that lacked a presumption of reasonableness to legitimate tactic or professional judgment
  • identifying what a defendant relying on the defense of habitation statute must do “*t+o mount a successful affirmative defense of this sort”

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Judges: Billings, Jackson, Orme

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