STATE v. PETERS

No. 14177.

550 P.2d 199 (1976)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. John Donald PETERS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. McCaughey, of Salt Lake Legal Defender Association, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a jury trial conviction of violation of Title 76-5-404 (Forcible Sexual Abuse), Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended, — a third-degree felony.

Defendant urges that the trial court erred in not requiring the State to prove absence of rape and attempted rape, — both third-degree felonies, — as a condition precedent to conviction of the 76-5-404 offense charged, which reads:

A person commits forcible...

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