STATE v. VAN DAM

No. 14314.

554 P.2d 1324 (1976)

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Stephan Michael VAN DAM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Yengich, of Salt Lake Legal Defenders Assoc., Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., R. Paul Van Dam, Salt Lake County Atty., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a rape conviction. Affirmed.

Defendant says: 1) That his federal Fourth Amendment rights were fractured, as was its corollary, Art. I, Sec. 12, Utah Constitution, when hair samples were taken from his body; 2) that the trial court erred in not letting defendant question the prosecutrix about her pregnancy and abortion; 3) that it was error not to excuse from jury duty for cause, a police officer; 4) that it was error to...

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