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- Title: State Utah v. Charles Bryant Stephens
- Author : Supreme Court Of Utah
- Release Date : January 20, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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SAWAYA, District Judge: Defendant, Charles Bryant Stephens, was charged and convicted of burglary, pursuant to U.C.A., 1953, § 76-6-202. The defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of 0-5 years. On appeal he contends that the court's exclusion of certain testimony constituted prejudicial error warranting reversal of his conviction or, in the alternative, a new trial. At the trial of the defendant, the following facts were established. On July 31, 1978, at approximately 12:51 a.m., two deputy sheriffs were dispatched to the area of 5160 South and 3760 West in Salt Lake County in response to a prowler complaint phoned in by a citizen. Upon their arrival at the scene, the officers discovered a broken basement window in the rear of a residence suspected to be the scene of the burglary. One of the deputies observed a dim light moving within the house and a large bundle being placed outside of the broken glass window. A third officer arrived on the scene, and the three officers subsequently entered the home and arrested the defendant and one Larry Yarrington. Larry Yarrington later pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary.