STATE v. GALLEGOS

No. 20190029-CA.

479 P.3d 631 (2020)

2020 UT App 162

STATE of Utah, Appellee, v. Darrin James GALLEGOS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed December 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah J. Carlquist and Brady Smith , Attorneys for Appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Salt Lake City, John J. Nielsen , and Richard Pehrson , Attorneys for Appellee.

Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judge Kate Appleby concurred. Judge Jill M. Pohlman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion.


Opinion

¶1 After searching the prison cell Darrin James Gallegos shared with a cellmate (Cellmate), guards found a shank hidden in a shoe. At first, Gallegos and Cellmate agreed that the shank belonged to Gallegos. But a few months later, after criminal charges were filed against Gallegos, they changed their stories...

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