STATE v. LOPEZ

Nos. 20180940, 20180945, 20180952, and 20190272.

474 P.3d 949 (2020)

2020 UT 61

STATE of Utah and L.L., Appellants, v. Ivan Michael LOPEZ, Appellee. State of Utah, Appellee, v. Darin Chase Nielsen, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed August 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y Gen., Tera J. Peterson , Asst. Sol. Gen., Clint T. Heiner , Donna Kelly , Lance E. Bastian , Salt Lake City, for the State of Utah.

Paul Cassell , Heidi Nestel , C. Bethany Warr , Salt Lake City, for appellant L.L.

Alexandra S. McCallum , Salt Lake City, for appellee Ivan Michael Lopez.

Dallas Young , Douglas J. Thompson , Provo, for appellant Darin Chase Nielsen.

Associate Chief Justice Lee authored the opinion of the Court in which Chief Justice Durrant, Justice Himonas, Justice Pearce, And Justice Petersen joined.


¶1 Ivan Michael Lopez and Darin Chase Nielsen each stand accused of engaging in illicit activities with children. Lopez is charged with furnishing alcohol to, raping, and otherwise sexually abusing a twelve-year-old girl (L.L.) in the back of his truck. Nielsen is charged with sexually abusing...

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