Utah Burglary Law

State of Utah v. Matthew Elton

Manti, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse with serious physical injury. ¶1 Matthew Elton was charged with child abuse with serious physical injury, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and violating a protective order. Elton pleaded guilty to those charges and was sentenced to prison. While those charges had been pending, the court had issued a ... More...

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<H2> State of Utah v. Macaila Jaye Jenkins

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Macaila Jaye Jenkins, age 25, charged with two counts of burglary, criminal mischief and two counts of theft valued from $1,500 to $4,999.... More...

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United States of America v. Teresa Red Bird

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with child abuse in Indian Country. Teresa Red Bird admitted that on numerous occasions, she knowingly and intentionally hit a 14-year-old victim who was living with her and who was under her care; that she failed to ensure that the victim ate properly; and that she caused serious physical injury to the victim. Ocianna... More...

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United States of America v. Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Picklesimer

Milford, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor theft. Wayne Hsiung and Paul Darwin Peikesimer, members of Direct Action Everywhere, were accused of two injured piglets from a Smithfield confined hog factory farm in March of 2017. Wayne Hsiung, co-founder of the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere, released the follo... More...

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STATE OF UTAH v. BENJAMIN DAVID RETTIG <table> <td>

In November 2009, Benjamin Rettig and Martin Bond traveled from Vernal, Utah, to the home of Kay Mortensen in Spanish Fork, Utah.1 Mortensen owned a large supply of firearms that were located in a “bunker” behind his home. Bond and Rettig traveled to his home with the intent to steal some of his firearms. The two entered Mortensen’s home with a handgun while wearing ski masks and latex glove... More...

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United States of America v. Aldo Gonzalez

Salt Lake City, UT - Gonzales Pleads Guilty to Possession of Ammunition; Agreement Includes Stipulated 10-Year Sentence Gang member fired shots at victim, fled from law enforcement Aldo Gonzalez, 26, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty to possession of ammunition after a previous felony conviction. The plea agreement includes a stipulated 10-year sentence in federal prison. Gonzal... More...

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State of Utah v. Bond

A jury convicted Martin Bond of several heinous crimes, including aggravated kidnapping and aggravated murder. Mr. Bond challenges his convictions on three grounds. First, he argues the prosecutor committed misconduct by calling Benjamin Rettig, Mr. Bond’s codefendant, to testify when Mr. Rettig had indicated an intention to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination an... More...

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Robinson v. Paul Ray Taylor, M.D. et al.

Dr. Taylor began treating Mr. Robinson in 2003 for chronic back pain and degenerative disc disease. Over the next three years, Dr. Taylor prescribed various pain medications to treat Mr. Robinson’s pain, including methadone, Lortab, and Demerol. Mr. 1 Dr. Taylor also challenges the trial court’s decision allowing the jury to consider punitive damages and its refusal to apply the health... More...

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State of Utah v. Dennis Gordon Rose

¶1 Dennis Gordon Rose was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and other related offenses. A sheriff's deputy had stopped Rose after receiving a tip that a child was driving a motorhome erratically on Old Highway 91 in Mona, Utah. The district court denied Rose's motion to suppress evidence arising from the traffic stop. Rose appeals, arguing that the deputy lac... More...

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State of Utah v. Michael Keith Steinly

¶1 This is an interlocutory appeal in a pending criminal case against Michael Steinly. In this case and in several others related to it, we consider the applicability of legislative amendments to the Indigent Defense Act (IDA), Utah Code sections 77-32-101 through -704. The amended provisions override this court's con-struction of the prior version of the statute in State v. Parduhn, 2011 UT 55, ... More...

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State of Utah v. Sarah Ann LoPrinzi

¶1 Sarah Ann LoPrinzi appeals her two convictions for unlawful sexual activity with a minor, asserting that the trial court erred in multiple ways. First, she contends that the trial 1. The Honorable Russell W. Bench, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud. Admin. 11-201(6). State v. LoPrinzi 20120513-CA 2 2014 UT App 256 court shou... More...

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State of Utah v. Jeffery Finlayson

¶1 Jeffery Finlayson appeals from his convictions for aggravated kidnapping, a first degree felony, Utah Code Ann. Â§ 76- 1. The Honorable Pamela T. Greenwood, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud. Admin. 11-201(6). State v. Finlayson 5-302 (LexisNexis Supp. 2013),2 and aggravated assault, a third degree felony, id. ... More...

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Ralph Leroy Menzies v. State of Utah

¶1 Nearly twenty-six years ago, a jury convicted Ralph Leroy Menzies of the first degree murder of Maurine Hunsaker. At sentencing, Judge Raymond Uno imposed the death penalty. Since then, we have issued three opinions in Mr. Menzies's case: MENZIES v. STATE Opinion of the Court 2 two from direct appeals1 and one from a post-conviction appeal.2 In Mr. Menzies's first post-convicti... More...

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State of Utah v. Milan Otkovic

¶1 Milan Otkovic challenges his convictions and sentences for aggravated kidnapping, a first degree felony, Utah Code Ann. Â§ 76- 5-302(1), (3) (LexisNexis Supp. 2013),1 and aggravated robbery, a first degree felony, id. Â§ 76-6-302(1)â€“(2) (2012). We reverse and remand for a new trial. State v. Otkovic 2. "On appeal, we recite the facts from the record in the li... More...

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State of Utah v. Jason Kyle Clark

¶1 Defendant Jason Kyle Clark appeals his first degree felony convictions for various counts of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated robbery, and his class B misdemeanor conviction for aggravated cruelty to animals. We affirm on all counts. State v. Clark 20110206-CA 2 2014 UT App 56 BACKGROUND �... More...

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State of Utah v. Joseph Brandon Crowley

¶1 Defendant Joseph Brandon Crowley appeals from convictions for theft by receiving stolen property and theft by deception following a jury trial. We reverse and remand for a new trial. BACKGROUND ¶2 "On appeal from a jury verdict, we view the evidence and all reasonable inferences in a light most favorable to that verdict State v. Crowley 20120128-CA 2 2014 UT Ap... More...

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State of Utah v. Apuhia Manatal

¶1 In this appeal, we address whether the trial court erred by denying defendant Afuhia Manatau's motion to dismiss the charges against him on double jeopardy grounds. We specifically address whether the double jeopardy clause of the Utah Constitution barred Mr. Manatau's retrial when a trial judge declared a mistrial without establishing legal necessity to do so. We conclude ... More...

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Taberone Dave Honie v. State of Utah

¶1 In May 1999, Petitioner Taberone Dave Honie was convicted of aggravated murder. Mr. Honie waived his right to a jury at sentencing and was subsequently sentenced to death by the trial judge. Following an unsuccessful direct appeal, Mr. Honie sought postconviction relief pursuant to the Utah Post Conviction Remedies Act (PCRA). This case comes before the court on appeal from a grant of summary ... More...

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State of Utah v. Martin MacNeill

The State of Utah charged Dr. Martin MacNeill with first-degree murder and obstruction of justice in conjunction with the bathtub drowning death of his wife. The State alleged that Defendant gave his wife Michelle drugs and then placed her in a bathtub where she drown, possibly with some help from her husband. Defendant, a doctor and lawwyer, had eight children and was a former bishop of his loca... More...

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State of Utah v. Roland McNeil

¶1 Roland McNeil appeals his conviction for aggravated assault. McNeil contends that the trial court committed reversible error by improperly admitting three pieces of evidence: paraphrased portions of telephone records, a statement made by the victim's daughter, and testimony regarding an unavailable witness's prior inconsistent statements. We affirm. State v. McNeil BACKGROUND1 ¶... More...

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John F. Mullin; Diane L. Mullin v. Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut

Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut insured High Mountain, LLC, which managed two condominium units in Utah owned by John F. and Diane L. Mullin. The Mullins sued High Mountain for renting the units for discounted rates without permission, theft of property from the condominiums owned by the Mullins, failure to forward rental income, and theft of property from a rental unit that the Mullins... More...

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<a href="http://www.kscourts.org/ca10/cases/2004/02/02-4199.htm" target="_new">Travis L. Sutherland v. Tooele City Corporation, et al.</a>

Plaintiff was hired by Tooele as a permanent full time police office on June 28, 1994. Under his contract with Tooele, plaintiff's employment could not be terminated without cause. Beginning in April 1995, and continuing until his termination on July 1, 1999, plaintiff had some 12 complaints filed against him by either citizens of Tooele or by fellow officers on the Tooele Police Department. As... More...

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<a href="http://www.kscourts.org/ca10/cases/2002/09/01-4084.htm" target="_new">Eric R. Brown, et al. v. Millard County, Utah, et al.</a>

In December 1996, Joe Penney and his wife Sandy entered into an oral agreement to sell a home located at 145 South Main, Kenosh, Utah (the "property"), to plaintiffs Eric and Laurie Brown.(1) This agreement was later memorialized in a short written contract, on or about February 1, 1997. The Browns began living in the property in January 1997. The parties set a tentative closing date, which... More...

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