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STATE v. HOPKINS

No. 880413.

782 P.2d 475 (1989)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Henry Clay HOPKINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Brown, Joan C. Watt, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

R. Paul Van Dam, Charlene Barlow, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant was charged with and convicted of aggravated sexual assault perpetrated with the threatened use of a sixteen-inch knife.1 Defendant's principal contention on appeal is that the victim's testimony in conjunction with other evidence regarding the assault and use of the knife was inherently improbable and that it was insufficient to support the verdict of the jury.

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