STATE v. BISHOP

Nos. 19733, 19797 and 19847.

717 P.2d 261 (1986)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Douglas D. BISHOP, Defendant and Appellant. (Three Cases)

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory M. Warner, of Alrich, Nelson, Weight & Esplin, Provo, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Sandra Sjogren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


STEWART, Justice:

The defendant was found guilty and mentally ill on three counts of sodomy on a child in violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-403.1 in three separate trials and sentenced to three concurrent indeterminate sentences of five years to life. The minimum five-year sentences are mandatory, unlike most minimum terms under the state's general indeterminate sentencing scheme for most crimes.

On this appeal, the defendant challenges the constitutionality...

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