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child sex abuse
11 September 2017
Utah Supreme Court holds federal standard controls who is a parent under Indian Child Welfare Act; holds prosecutors can charge violation of the measurable amount statue with higher penalties instead of for DUI; holds failure to obtain a stay during appeal involving rights in in certain real property or file a lis pendis means loss of actionable interest in that property if it is lawfully conveyed to a third party during the pendency of the appeal; overrules per se admissibility for preliminary hearing testimony of unavailable witnesses; and affirms child sex abuse convictions and sentence.
by William Gaskill
26 December 2015
Utah Supreme Court allows evidence of decades old child molestation in prosecution for molesting daughter at similar age and in similar ways as the prior cases.
by William Gaskill