STATE v. DAVIS

No. 20130006-CA.

324 P.3d 678 (2014)

2014 UT App 77

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Dexter DAVIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

April 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Barraza and Peter A. Daines , for Appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Salt Lake City, and Daniel W. Boyer , for Appellee.

Judge J. FREDERIC VOROS JR. authored this Memorandum Decision, in which Judges GREGORY K. ORME and STEPHEN L. ROTH concurred.


Memorandum Decision

VOROS, Judge:

¶ 1 While an inmate at the Utah State Prison, Dexter Davis got into a scuffle with a corrections officer, Sgt. Benjamin Vanzant. Davis was charged with assault by a prisoner, a third-degree felony. At trial, the jury heard two versions of the event — two corrections officers testified in effect that Davis was the aggressor, while Davis testified that Sergeant Vanzant...

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