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STATE v. BENNETT

No. 980072.

999 P.2d 1 (2000)

2000 UT 34

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Eugene Reed BENNETT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Graham, Att'y Gen., Joanne C. Slotnik, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, and John Kelly West, Tooele, for plaintiff.

David J. Angerhofer, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

RUSSON, Justice:

¶1 Eugene Reed Bennett appeals his convictions for sodomy and rape of a child. Bennett argues that being compelled to appear at trial in prison clothes violated his rights to due process and effective assistance of counsel.

¶2 On October 16, 1991, Bennett was tried before a jury in Third District Court. Bennett was represented by court-appointed counsel. Just prior to the first day of trial, Bennett received the clothing he had been...

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