STATE v. GREEN

No. 20010788.

99 P.3d 820 (2004)

2004 UT 76

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Thomas Arthur GREEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Laura B. Dupaix, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

John R. Bucher, Grant W.P. Morrison, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

W. Andrew McCullough, Trenton K. Ricks, Midvale, for amicus Utah Coalition for Religious Freedom and Tolerance.

Brian M. Barnard, James L. Harris, Jr., Salt Lake City, for amicus Utah Civil Rights and Liberties Foundation.


On Certification from the Utah Court of Appeals

PARRISH, Justice:

¶ 1 A jury convicted Thomas Green of criminal nonsupport and four counts of bigamy. Green appeals his bigamy convictions. He asserts that they violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. He also argues that Utah's bigamy statute, Utah Code Ann. § 76-7-101 (1999), is unconstitutionally vague and that the district court erred in applying...

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