STATE v. DOPORTO

No. 940014.

935 P.2d 484 (1997)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Michael DOPORTO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Graham, Atty. Gen., Thomas Brunker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

Mary C. Corporon, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.


STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:

On appeal, Michael Doporto contests, on the basis of numerous asserted errors in the trial court, his conviction for sodomy on a child. He was sentenced to a prison term of fifteen years to life. We hold that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior crimes, vacate the verdict, and remand for a new trial.

I. FACTS

On March 17, 1993, the State charged Doporto with the crime of sodomy on a child, a first...

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