STATE v. BUTT

No. 20090655.

284 P.3d 605 (2012)

2012 UT 34

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Eric Leon BUTT, Jr., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff , Att'y Gen., Ryan D. Tenney , Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellee.

William L. Schultz , Monticello, for appellant.


Associate Chief Justice NEHRING, opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 Defendant Eric Butt was convicted of distributing harmful materials to a minor when he mailed rudimentary nude drawings of himself to his five-year-old daughter. On appeal, he argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because the State presented nothing more than the drawings themselves. Due to the broad grant of discretion ceded to the jury by the sufficiency of the evidence...

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