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Utah Court of Appeals – Opinions To Be Released Thursday

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The Utah Supreme Court will not be issuing any opinions this week.  Tomorrow, the Utah Court of Appeals will release the following six decisions: Deseret First Credit Union v. Parkin, 20120110 Express Recovery v. Wall, 20120135 In re T.R. (M.R. v. State), 20120187 Monavie v. Iverson, 20110522 Ordonez v. Workforce Services, 20120164 Stanley v. Workforce Services,… Continue Reading

Utah Appellate Courts – Opinions To Be Released Thursday & Friday

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Tomorrow, the Utah Court of Appeals will release the following seven decisions: American Fork v. J. Thayne, 20120095 American Fork v. S. Thayne, 20120094 In re R.B.F.S. (A.F.M. & B.J.M. v. B.S.), 20080231 Living Rivers v. Department of Natural Resources, 20110242 State v. Bradshaw, 20120133 State v. Veale, 20100049 Wells Fargo v. Cox, 20120021  … Continue Reading

Utah Appellate Courts – Opinions To Be Released Thursday

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The Utah Supreme Court will not be issuing any opinions this week.  Tomorrow, the Utah Court of Appeals will issue the following eight decisions: AFCC v. Taylor, 20120020 Barton Woods Homeowners Association v. Stewart, 20110069 Brook v. POST, 20120045 Commonwealth v. JP Morgan, 20110367 Nicholds v. Board of Pardons, 20110150 Rodaric Group v. Ryan, 20101003… Continue Reading

Utah Appellate Courts – Opinions To Be Released Thursday and Friday

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Tomorrow, the Utah Court of Appeals will issue the following seven opinions: Blauer v. CSRB & WFSV, 20101048 In re A.C. (RC v. State), 20120033 In re A.M. (KD v. State), 20110963 In re N.P. (JP v. State), 20120079 State v. Johnson, 20100734 State v. Maughan, 20100348 State v. Williams, 20101022   On Friday, April 20th, the… Continue Reading

Utah Court of Appeals – State v. Heimuli – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Posted in Criminal Law, Utah Court of Appeals Opinions

The court of appeals recently issued its opinion in State v. Heimuli, 2012 UT App 69. The court considered whether defense counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to introduce expert testimony concerning the reliability of an eyewitness identification. Id. ¶ 3. What makes the issue somewhat unique was that, at the time of trial, a long line of… Continue Reading

Utah Court of Appeals – Shamrock Plumbing v. Silver Baron Partners

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The Utah Court of Appeals recently issued its opinion in Shamrock Plumbing v. Silver Baron Partners, 2012 UT App 70, reversing a trial court’s grant of relief under rule 60(b). The decision is notable for two reasons. First, the effect of the court’s ruling was to restore a default judgment, even though Utah courts have expressed a preference for judgment… Continue Reading

Order Granting Petition for Writ of Certiorari–State v. Berriel

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The Utah Supreme Court last month issued a writ of certiorari in State v. Berriel, 2011 UT App 317, to resolve whether the court of appeals “erred in affirming the district court’s refusal to give a jury instruction on defense of another person pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-402.” The order granting the petition for writ… Continue Reading

Order Granting Petition for Writ of Certiorari – State v. Simons

Posted in Criminal Law, Utah Court of Appeals Opinions, Utah Supreme Court News

The Utah Supreme Court last month issued a writ of certiorari in State v. Simons on the question of “whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district court’s denial of Petitioner’s motion to suppress evidence on Fourth Amendment grounds.”  The court of appeals opinion can be found here. A copy of the order granting the… Continue Reading

Utah Supreme Court – Petition for Writ of Certiorari – Prinsburg v. Abundo

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Last November, the Utah Supreme Court agreed to review the Utah Court of Appeals’ opinion in Prinsburg State Bank v. Abundo, 2011 UT App 239. Prinsburg is a 10-paragraph opinion in which the court held that Prinsburg had failed to preserve issues for appeal when it stipulated to findings of fact and conclusions of law… Continue Reading

Utah Supreme Court – Petition for Writ of Certiorari – Vorher v. Henriod

Posted in Criminal Law, Utah Court of Appeals Opinions, Utah Supreme Court News

The Utah Supreme Court has agreed to review the Utah Court of Appeals’ opinion in Vorher v. Henriod, 2011 UT App 199, to address the following issue: “Whether the court of appeals erred in denying Petitioner’s request for extraordinary relief challenging the imposition of a more severe penalty following a de novo trial on appeal… Continue Reading

Utah Supreme Court – Petition for Writ of Certiorari – Penunuri v. Sundance Partners

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The Utah Supreme Court has agreed to review the Utah Court of Appeals’ decision in Penunuri v. Sundance Partners, Ltd., 2011 UT App 183.  Other opinions the Utah Supreme Court has agreed to review can be found here, here and here. The facts of Penunuri are straightforward.  After Ms. Penunuri was injured during a guided horseback… Continue Reading

Utah Supreme Court – Review of Central Utah Water Conservancy District v. King – Finality under Giusti

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The Utah Supreme Court has agreed to review Central Utah Water Conservancy District v. King, a per curium decision issued by the Utah Court of Appeals in June. Other opinions the Utah Supreme Court has agreed to review can be found here and here. The facts of King are sparse because the court of appeals… Continue Reading

Utah Supreme Court – Petition for Writ of Certiorari – In re D.B.

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Last week, we posted here a number of Utah Court of Appeals’ opinions that the Utah Supreme Court has agreed to review. Another interesting court of appeals’ opinion still under review by the Utah Supreme Court is In re D.B., 2010 UT App 111. D.B. is noteworthy because it involves a novel issue of preservation and contains… Continue Reading

Utah Court of Appeals – State v. Wickward – Utah Should Abandon Anders

Posted in Criminal Law, Utah Court of Appeals Opinions

In State v. Wickward, 2011 UT App 379, the Utah Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment for a felony conviction and a misdemeanor conviction after it determined that the defendant’s appellate brief “objectively demonstrate[d]” that the issues raised on appeal were “wholly frivolous.”  Id., ¶ 1.  The court relied on the Anders procedure to affirm the… Continue Reading

Utah Supreme Court – 2011 Petitions for a Writ of Certiorari

Posted in Criminal Law, Insurance Law, Tort Law, Utah Court of Appeals Opinions, Utah Supreme Court News

Between January and August, the Utah Supreme Court has adjudicated 67 petitions for a writ of certiorari to the Utah Court of Appeals.  The court granted 7 petitions and denied 60 petitions.  The court granted petitions in the following cases: State v. Watkins, 2001 UT App 96, which held that the trial court did not… Continue Reading

Utah Court of Appeals – Dahl v. Harrison – Attorney Fees and Discovery Requests

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Yesterday, the Utah Court of Appeals issued Dahl v. Harrison, 2011 UT App 389, an opinion authored by Judge Orme.  The case began as a client’s malpractice action against an attorney but ended with the trial court’s dismissing the client’s case and awarding attorney fees to the attorney.  Id. ¶ 1.  Although the court of… Continue Reading

Appellate Review of Arbitration Awards – American Home Systems v. Cambria Homeowners Association

Posted in Commentary on Utah Law, Utah Court of Appeals Opinions

The Utah Court of Appeals recently issued a per curiam opinion, American Home Systems, LLC, v. Cambria Homeowners Association, Inc., 2011 UT App 337, addressing the need to comply with the statutes that authorize appeals from district court orders relating to arbitration awards.  Recently we posted about a Utah Supreme Court case highlighting the importance of filing a timely notice of appeal. … Continue Reading