The Appellate Group

Jackson v. Spanish Fork

Jackson v. Spanish Fork, 2025 UT App 161 (Tenney, J.)

Criminal

The Utah Court of Appeals held:

  • The district court’s dismissal of Jackson’s postconviction petition was appropriate because it was untimely. 
  • Practice tip: It is appropriate for reviewing courts to affirm on alternative grounds when the decision relies on uncontested procedural facts and interpretation of statutes/rules, and the decision is consistent with a position advanced by one of the parties in the lower court and on appeal.

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