STATE v. BARNES

No. 20210403-CA.

542 P.3d 108 (2023)

2023 UT App 148

STATE of Utah, Appellee, v. Leon William BARNES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed December 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea J. Garland , Attorney for Appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Salt Lake City and Jonathan S. Bauer , Attorneys for Appellee.

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


Opinion

¶1 Leon William Barnes was convicted of object rape and forcible sexual abuse of his fourteen-year-old stepdaughter (Stepdaughter). Barnes now appeals, arguing that Stepdaughter's testimony was inherently improbable and that there was insufficient evidence supporting the penetration element of the object rape...

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