STATE v. WATTS

No. 20180976.

498 P.3d 365 (2021)

2021 UT 60

STATE of Utah, Appellee, v. Joseph Andrew WATTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed September 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y. Gen., John J. Nielsen , Asst. Solic. Gen., Salt Lake City, Christine G. Scott , Provo, for appellee.

Douglas J. Thompson , Provo, for appellant.

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


Introduction

¶1 As part of a sexually explicit online chat, Joseph Watts sent photographs of women with exposed breasts to someone he thought was a thirteen-year-old girl. For this conduct, Mr. Watts was convicted by a jury of dealing in material harmful to a minor-a third degree felony...

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