State v. Garcia-Cardiel
State v. Garcia-Cardiel, 2024 UT App 174 (Oliver, J.)
Criminal
Defendant appealed his convictions of nineteen counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed, holding:
- Expert testimony regarding anecdotal statistical evidence about delayed reporting was admissible.
- Defendant did not preserve his objection to a detective’s testimony.
- Counsel’s failure to offer a competing translation of jail phone call was not deficient performance.
- Practice tip: Where a party makes an objection at trial based on one ground, that objection does not preserve for appeal any alternative grounds.