STATE v. LARA

No. 20030939.

124 P.3d 243 (2005)

2005 UT 70

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Petitioner, v. Miguel Angel LARA, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., Laura B. Dupaix, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Joan C. Watt, John D. O'Connell, Jr., Salt Lake City, for defendant.


NEHRING, Justice:

¶ 1 We granted certiorari in this matter to determine whether the court of appeals had the authority to reinstate Mr. Lara's appeal after it had dismissed his prior appeal and issued a remittitur. We hold that it did and affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 Mr. Lara, a sixteen-year-old, was charged with aggravated robbery under the Serious Youth Offender Act ("SYOA"). Utah Code Ann. § 78-3a-602 (1996). The SYOA allows a juvenile...

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