Court Opinion

ID: 5161280
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-02 02:49:57.843865+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:25:37.843735
License: Public Domain

I concur that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to give a cautionary instruction under the facts of this case. In the future, in applying the rule of State v. Long,721 P.2d 483 (Utah 1986), I believe that any cautionary instruction which is given should not be in the form of that approved inUnited States v. Telfaire, 469 F.2d 552 (D.C. Cir. 1972), or in the form of that suggested by the majority in State v. Long,supra. See my dissenting opinion in State v. Long for the type of instruction I would give.