Utah Supreme Court· 4/25/1957

State v. Sibert

Citations

310 P.2d 388
6 Utah 2d 198
1957 Utah LEXIS 129

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stating that “[i]t would be going a long way indeed for us to entirely discount the possibility that [a police officer’s inadmissible hearsay testimony] had some effect upon [the jury’s] deliberations.”
stating that \[i]t would be going a long way indeed for us to entirely discount the possibility that [a police officer's inadmissible hearsay testimony] had some effect upon [the jury's] deliberations.\
“[W]here there has been an attempt to impeach or discredit a witness, prior statements consistent with his present testimony may be offered to offset the impeachment.”
“Probation is not a matter of right, and this is so no matter how unsullied a reputation one convicted of a crime may be able to demonstrate to the trial judge.”

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Judges: Crockett, Henriod, McDONOUGH, Wade, Worthen

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