Court Opinion

ID: 9617803
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:01:36.485689+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:17.153245
License: Public Domain

ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice,
dissenting:
I dissent from the majority opinion for the reasons stated by Justice Durham in her separate dissent. Under State v. Humphrey, 823 P.2d 464, 467-68 (Utah 1991), the order from which the prosecution seeks to take an appeal is not within our appellate jurisdiction.
I write separately only to note that I do not necessarily agree with Justice Durham that an amendment to the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure could effect a solution to this problem. It seems likely that a statutory change would be necessary to expand our appellate jurisdiction. But in any event, I do agree that we are without power to reach the merits of this dispute.