The Appellate Group

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.

Read the full court opinion