State v. Christian
State v. Christian, 2025 UT App 112 (Tenney, J.)
Criminal
The Utah Court of Appeals held:
- The district court did not plainly err in its rule 403 analysis that Defendant was not prejudiced by testimony of acts of uncharged conduct.
- Defendant was not prejudiced by counsel’s failure to object to the admission of a photograph at trial that had been excluded prior to trial.
- Counsel was not deficient in failing to object to the prosecutor’s rebuttal arguments because they spoke to plausibility and not an improper appeal to the jury to base its decision on sympathy for the victim.