State v. Mendoza
State v. Mendoza, 2025 UT App 179 (Harris, J.)
Criminal
The Utah Court of Appeals held:
- Counsel did not render deficient performance by failing to object to the State’s use of evidence for one count as permissible propensity evidence for another count.
- Practice tip: The court declined to reach whether, if relying on evidence of one count as permissible propensity evidence for another count impermissibly allows the jury to consider different charges together.