22 June 2018

United States Supreme Court holds plain error relief should ordinarily be granted for guideline miscalculations; affirms denial of a preliminary injunction is a gerrymandering case; holds a sentence reduction explanation was adequate; and reinstates a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim.

by William Gaskill

30 May 2018

Utah Court of Appeals affirms a rape conviction; reverses child sex abuse convictions and remands case for a new trial; affirms alimony award; sets aside municipal employee suspension and remands case; and affirms denial of a motion to suppress.

by William Gaskill

21 May 2018

Utah Court of Appeals affirms theft conviction; holds district court erred in excluding certain evidence at summary judgment in environmental cleanup case; affirmed an obstruction of justice conviction; and affirmed aggravated murder convictions.

by William Gaskill

13 November 2017

Utah Court of Appeals affirms child sex abuse convictions; rejects ineffective assistance claim; affirms aggravated assault conviction; affirms termination of the rights of both parents as to the same child; and affirms denial of a motion to suppress.

by William Gaskill

6 October 2017

Utah Court of Appeals affirms theft convictions; affirms drug and related convictions; affirms burglary and related convictions; affirms drug and firearms convictions; affirms kidnapping and related convictions; affirms drunk driving murder conviction; and issues two other decisions.

by William Gaskill

6 October 2017

Utah Supreme Court identifies when an unpreserved or waived issue on appeal may be addressed sua sponte by it or the Utah Court of Appeals.

by William Gaskill

6 September 2017

Utah Court of Appeals rejects claim that the Indian Child Welfare Act prevented termination of mother’s parental rights; rejects double jeopardy argument; affirms termination of alimony; affirms denial of attorney fees in wrongful lien case; affirms a deficiency judgment; holds landlord owed no duty to keep tenant’s cattle off the highway; affirms dismissal of attorney lien claim; affirms quiet title judgment part and reveres it in part; affirms attempted murder conviction; and issues three other decisions.

by William Gaskill

28 July 2017

Utah Court of Appeals affirms denial of motion to cancel alimony and child support; reverses dismissal of a post-conviction relief petition; remands denial of a worker’s compensation claim for analysis under correct legal standard; affirms consecutive sentences; and issues two other decisions.

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

15 May 2017

Utah Court of Appeals holds no plain error in ruling that a personal liability clause is not essential to forming a commercial loan contract and issues three other decisions.

by William Gaskill

6 March 2017

En banc 10th Circuit holds failure to allow defendant to allocate at sentencing will ordinarily be plain error requiring new sentencing.

by William Gaskill

28 February 2017

10th Circuit affirms child pornography sentence and holds a district court erroneously reversed denial of disability benefits.

by William Gaskill