Belt v. Turner (1971)
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State v. Cooke (2025)
The court reasoned that the saving statute, which provides that a statute’s repeal “does not . . . affect . . . any penalty incurred,” did not apply because “no penalty was 11 STATE v. COOKE Opinion of the Court incurred until [Belt’s] sentence was pronounced.” 7 Id. at 793 (cleaned up).
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State v. Patience (1997)
Nothing is to be gained by imposing the more severe penalty after such a pronouncement; the excess in punishment can, by hypothesis, serve no purpose other than to satisfy a desire for vengeance.” Id. at 793 (citation omitted).
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State v. Kenison (2000)
Utah's appellate courts have repeatedly applied the rule of lenity, which provides that a defendant is "entitled to the benefit of the lesser penalty afforded by an amended statute made effective prior to sentencing." State v. Yates, 918 P.2d 136, 138 (Utah Ct.App.1996); see State v. Tapp, 26 Utah 2d 392, 395 , 490 P.2d 334, 336 (1971); Belt v. Turner, 25 Utah 2d 230, 232 , 479 P.2d 791, 792-93 (1971); Patience, 944 P.2d at 385 . {9 The State and defendant agree that the les…
Compare United States v. Stephens supra, and Belt v. Turner, 25 Utah 2d 230 , 479 P.2d 791 (1971), with United States v. Bradley, 455 F.2d 1181 (1st Cir. 1972), cert. granted, 407 U.S. 908 , 92 S.Ct. 2438 , 32 L.Ed.2d 682 (1972), and United States v. Fiotto, supra. 3 .
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State v. Yates (1996)
See Belt, 479 P.2d at 792-93 .
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Shelmidine v. Jones (1976)
See State v. Tapp, 26 Utah 2d 392 , 490 P.2d 334 (1971), and Belt v. Turner, 25 Utah 2d 230 , 479 P.2d 791 (1971). . 8 Utah 2d 287 , 333 P.2d 943 (1959); and see 21 Am.Jur.2d, Criminal Law, Sec. 579.
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State v. Saxton (1974)
See State v. Fedder, 1 Utah 2d 117, 118 , 262 P.2d 753 (1953) and cases cited therein. . 25 Utah 2d 230 , 479 P.2d 791 (1971). . 26 Utah 2d 392 , 490 P.2d 334 (1971). .
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State v. Clark (1980)
See, e. g., Belt v. Turner, 25 Utah 2d 380 , 479 P.2d 791 , aff'd on rehearing, 25 Utah 2d 380 , 483 P.2d 425 ; In re Estrada, 63 Cal.2d 740 , 408 P.2d 948 , 48 Cal.Rptr. 172 (1965); People v. Oliver, 1 N.Y.2d 152 , 134 N.E.2d 197 , 151 N.Y.