15 August 2017

10th Circuit affirms denial of a motion to suppress; holds an administrative mining enforcement order reviewable; affirms child pornography conviction; rejects a speedy trial claim; and holds foster case failure to protect claims do not reach across state lines.

by William Gaskill

27 June 2017

Utah Court of Appeals affirms kidnapping and sex offenses convictions; affirmed denial of a motion to suppress; and rejects effort to run sentences concurrently.

by William Gaskill

19 June 2017

Utah Court of Appeals rejects public retirement benefits claim and issues three other decisions.

by William Gaskill

14 June 2017

10th Circuit rejects age and association discrimination claims and finds no error in denial of motion for new counsel in child pornography case.

by William Gaskill

7 June 2017

Utah Court of Appeals holds claim for percentage of sale proceeds was sufficient disclosure of damages for discovery purposes; affirms denial of motion to suppress; and issues one other decision.

by William Gaskill

19 May 2017

10th Circuit reinstates sex discrimination claim; upholds two drug convictions based in part on wiretap evidence obtained using facially deficient court orders; and affirms district court order applying tort settlement proceeds to criminal restitution obligation.

by William Gaskill

4 May 2017

Utah Supreme Court reverses grant of motion to suppress holding asking a passenger in a lawfully stopped car for identification and running a warrant check was reasonable under officer safety doctrine.

by William Gaskill

13 March 2017

Utah Court of Appeals rejects res ipsa loquitur theory for debris on road claim; finds no ineffective assistance of counsel here trial counsel did not call eyewitness reliability expert; and concludes an inventory search was constitutional.

by William Gaskill

27 February 2017

10th Circuit adopts minority view that passive failure to return property does not violate the automatic bankruptcy stay; affirms sex crimes convictions; reverses denial of a motion to suppress evidence; and affirms order refusing to enforce an administrative subpoena.

by William Gaskill

22 February 2017

10th Circuit holds failure to challenge tax penalty in administrative appeal barred judicial review of penalty; upholds denial of motion to suppress evidence form search of cell phones; and affirms bank fraud convictions and restitution order.

by William Gaskill

10 February 2017

Divided 10th Circuit panel affirms suppression order.

by William Gaskill

23 January 2017

Utah Court of Appeals vacates drug convictions due to breakdown of the adversarial process and issues one other decision.

by William Gaskill