STATE v. CHEELESTER

No. 12331.

488 P.2d 1045 (1971)

26 Utah 2d 300

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Steve CHEELESTER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Brown, Ogden, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Lauren N. Beasley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


ELLETT, Justice.

The appellant was convicted by a jury of the crime of rape. On this appeal he does not contend that the victim was not forcibly raped. At trial he offered no testimony tending to show that he was not the culprit. He simply argues on this appeal that the victim should not be permitted to tell the jury that she recognizes him as the one who perpetrated the act.

The victim was an eighteen-year-old mother of one child and was at the time pregnant...

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