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STATE v. LITHERLAND

No. 990016.

12 P.3d 92 (2000)

2000 UT 76

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Christopher LITHERLAND, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Graham, Att'y Gen., Karen A. Klucznik, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Kristine M. Rogers, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

DURRANT, Justice:

¶ 1 Defendant Christopher Litherland appeals his convictions of rape and forcible sexual abuse. He asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request that two prospective jurors be dismissed for cause or for failing to remove them with peremptory challenges, and that the trial court committed plain error in failing to remove, sua sponte, those same jurors. We affirm.

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