The Appellate Group

State v. Stubbs

State v. Stubbs, 2025 UT App 48 (Tenney, J.)

Criminal Law

The Utah Court of Appeals held:

  • It had jurisdiction to review denial of motion to modify detention order. 
  • Under a lowered burden of persuasion on appeal, Defendant had shown that there was a plausible basis for reversal based on district court’s failure to find whether Defendant posed substantial danger upon release.

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