STATE v. LEOTA

No. 20171012-CA.

455 P.3d 1087 (2019)

2019 UT App 194

STATE of Utah, Appellee, v. Afimuao S. LEOTA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed November 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Welch , Salt Lake City, and Christine Seaman, Attorneys for Appellant

Sean D. Reyes and Jeffrey S. Gray , Salt Lake City, Attorneys for Appellee

Judge Jill M. Pohlman authored this Opinion, in which Judges Ryan M. Harris and Diana Hagen concurred.


Opinion

¶1 Following a jury trial, Afimuao S. Leota was convicted of one count of forcible sexual abuse for touching his fifteen-year-old stepdaughter (Victim) on her breasts over her clothing. Leota challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction, arguing that the State failed to prove that his...

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