State v. Hatch
State v. Hatch, 2025 UT App 132 (Mortensen, J.)
Criminal
The Utah Court of Appeals held:
- Counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to destruction of evidence where there was no reasonable probability that evidence would have been exculpatory.
- Counsel was not ineffective for failing to obtain rebuttal expert where failure was strategic and where any testimony would have been inconsequential.
- Counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to other-acts evidence where evidence was admissible for non-character purpose.