STATE v. COUCH

No. 17127.

635 P.2d 89 (1981)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Michael COUCH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Caine, Ogden, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Earl F. Dorius, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


OAKS, Justice:

A jury found defendant guilty of aggravated sexual assault, forcible sodomy, and kidnaping, and he was sentenced to concurrent terms of five years to life, one to five years, and five years respectively. On appeal, he argues: (1) that there was insufficient evidence of kidnaping; (2) that the sodomy conviction should be set aside because the trial judge refused the jury's request to define a term of common usage; and (3) that all three convictions should...

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