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STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 981326-CA.

5 P.3d 1228 (2000)

2000 Utah Ct. App. 190

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Verl SIMMONS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

June 22, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey L. Clark, Ogden, for Appellant.

Jan Graham, Atty. Gen., and Scott Keith Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for Appellee.

Before GREENWOOD, P.J., BILLINGS, and ORME, JJ.

OPINION

BILLINGS, Judge:

¶ 1 Defendant Verl Simmons appeals his conviction for rape of a child, sodomy on a child, and sexual abuse of a child, arguing that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Defendant also appeals his sentence arguing the trial court abused its discretion in sentencing him to the maximum sentence allowed. We affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2 Defendant raped and sodomized his thirteen-year-old victim numerous times...

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