Case Name: The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Kent DAVENPORT, Defendant and Respondent
Court: Utah Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Utah
Decision Date: 1973-12-21
Citations: 517 P.2d 544
Docket Number: No. 13156
Parties: The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Kent DAVENPORT, Defendant and Respondent.
Judges: CALLISTER, C. J., and TUCKETT, J., concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 517
Pages: 544–547

Head Matter:
30 Utah 2d 298
The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Kent DAVENPORT, Defendant and Respondent.
No. 13156.
Supreme Court of Utah.
Dec. 21, 1973.
Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., David L. Wilkinson, William T. Evans, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.
Galen J. Ross, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.

Opinion:
HENRIOD, Justice:
The State has no standing as a litigant-appellant in this case, since the basis for its appeal appears to be stranger to the only four bases upon which the State may appeal, enumerated in Title 77-39-4, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, and referred to in three recent Utah cases, which cases we believe to be dispositive here. The action of the trial court should not be disturbed.
CALLISTER, C. J., and TUCKETT, J., concur.
. State v. Overson, 26 Utah 2d 313, 489 P.2d 110 (1971); State v. Callahan, 26 Utah 2d 304, 488 P.2d 1048 (1971); Hartman v. Weggeland, 19 Utah 2d 229, 429 P.2d 978 (1967), and though not a point treated in the opinion, was suggested in a concurrence in State v. Iverson, 10 Utah 2d 171, 350 P.2d 152 (1960).
. It is axiomatie that a jurisdictional question may be entertained at the trial or on appeal without resort to citation of authority 01 specific prayer on appeal.