STATE v. LAVOTO

No. 870489.

776 P.2d 912 (1989)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Edward F. LAVOTO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Wilkinson, Barbara Bearnson, Jim Cope, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

Walter F. Bugden, Jr., Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.


STEWART, Justice:

This case is here on an interlocutory appeal to review the district court's ruling that a statute of limitations enacted in 1983 did not bar criminal charges against the defendant for two alleged acts of sodomy on a child and two acts of rape of a child.1

The alleged acts occurred between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 1982, and were not reported to law enforcement...

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