State v. Rodriguez
State v. Rodriguez, 2025 UT App 84 (Tenney, J.)
Criminal
The Utah Court of Appeals held:
- The district court did not err by not instructing the jury on the lesser included offense of kidnapping.
- The district court did not plainly err, and Defendantdid not receive ineffective assistance of counsel, because there was no basis under which the aggravated assault convictions would have merged with the aggravated kidnapping convictions.