STATE v. CLARK

No. 20080545.

219 P.3d 631 (2009)

2009 UT App 252

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Zachriah E. CLARK, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

September 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herschel Bullen, Salt Lake City, for Appellant.

Mark L. Shurtleff, atty. gen., and Christine F. Soltis, asst. atty. gen., Salt Lake City, for Appellee.

Before Judges BENCH, ORME, and McHUGH.


OPINION

McHUGH, Judge:

¶ 1 Defendant Zachriah E. Clark appeals his conviction of five counts of sodomy on a child and five counts of sexual abuse of a child. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the sexual behavior or, alternatively, the prior false allegations, of his accusers pursuant to Utah's rape shield law. See generally Utah R. Evid. 412(a) (making evidence of a victim's other sexual behavior inadmissable...

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