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STATE v. TORRES-ORELLANA

No. 20190599-CA.

493 P.3d 711 (2021)

2021 UT App 74

STATE of Utah, Appellant, v. William Alexander TORRES-ORELLANA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed July 9, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Reyes , Salt Lake City, and David A. Simpson , Attorneys for Appellant.

Emily Adams , Freyja Johnson , Salt Lake City, and Cherise Bacalski , Attorneys for Appellee.

Judge Gregory K. Orme authored this Opinion, in which Judge David N. Mortensen concurred. Judge Ryan M. Harris concurred, with opinion.

Opinion

¶ 1 After a jury convicted William Alexander Torres-Orellana on one count of rape, Torres1 moved for a new trial. He argued that his trial counsel (Trial Counsel) rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by not seeking to admit "friendly" post-rape text messages exchanged between...

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