Utah Supreme Court· 3/31/2015

State v. Taylor

Citations

2015 UT 42
349 P.3d 696
783 Utah Adv. Rep. 39
2015 Utah LEXIS 136
2015 WL 1431878

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holding that theft is not a continuing offense because the key actus reus elements of the offense—obtaining and exercising—“are discrete acts that are satisfied instantaneously”
holding that theft is not a continuing offense because the key actus reus elements of the offense—obtaining and exercising—“are discrete acts that are satisfied instantaneously”
concluding that securities fraud statute that prohibited “mak[ing] any untrue statement [or] . . . omit[ing] to state a material fact” described discrete acts that did not constitute continuing offenses (quoting Utah Code Ann. § 61-1-1 (West 2020))
“The key actus reus elements of the offense—‘obtain[ing] or exercis[ing]’—are discrete acts that are satisfied instantaneously. And the commission of the crime is complete when a person obtains or exercises that control with the requisite intent.” (alterations in original

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Judges: Parrish, Durrant, Lee, Durham, Orme, Due, Nehring, Himonas

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