A former swimming coach at Ben Lomond High School was recently sentenced to 210 days in jail for allegedly having sex with one of her students. Authorities say that the 37-year-old North Ogden woman carried on a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old member of the swim team. The former coach denies having had sex with …
Retrial requested in swim coach’s sex abuse trial Read More »
A Utah man recently lost his appeal of his aggravated sexual assault convictions. The man’s convictions stem from an interaction he had with his live-in girlfriend one summer after a heavy day of drinking. The couple reportedly spent the day and evening drinking vodka and then got into the shower together at their home. The …
Court: gas station assault and rape were not a “single criminal episode” Read More »
In 1975, the Utah Supreme Court said something that every defense attorney should repeat to every juror that watches a rape trial: “[a] rape accusation most always arises from incident which occurs with only two parties present, it is one in which it is easy to accuse but hard to defend, and if accused is …
Rape allegations are easy to make, and very hard to defend Read More »