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STATE v. GARCIA-LORENZO

No. 20200369-CA.

517 P.3d 424 (2022)

2022 UT App 101

STATE of Utah, Appellee, v. Melecio GARCIA-LORENZO, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed August 18, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathalie S. Skibine , Attorney for Appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Salt Lake City, UT, and William M. Hains , Attorneys for Appellee.

Judge Ryan M. Harris authored this Opinion, in which Judges Gregory K. Orme and Michele M. Christiansen Forster concurred.

Opinion

¶1 A jury found Melecio Garcia-Lorenzo guilty of sexually abusing his eight-year-old stepdaughter (Child). Garcia-Lorenzo now appeals his convictions, asserting among other things that his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance by failing to seek a jury instruction that specifically directed the jurors...

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