by Megan Fowles | Dec 12, 2025 | Criminal Defense, Utah Appellate Court Opinions
What Happened Qasim Abdul Qayum reached out to a profile on an adult dating app. The profile listed the user’s age as eighteen and showed photos of an adult woman. In reality, a police officer was operating the account as part of an undercover investigation. As the...
by Megan Fowles | Nov 25, 2025 | Criminal Defense, Utah Appellate Court Opinions
A Month-Late Return Leads to a Felony Charge Bell rented a car from Enterprise in June 2020. When she kept the vehicle past the July 10 due date, Enterprise spent several weeks trying to reach her before finally reporting the car stolen on August 11. A sheriff’s...
by Megan Fowles | Nov 7, 2025 | Criminal Defense, Utah Appellate Court Opinions
Background of the Case Christoffer Alan Harris was charged with serious felony offenses, including kidnapping, rape, and human trafficking involving a 17-year-old minor. Following his arrest, the court ordered Harris held without bail pending trial due to the risk he...
by Megan Fowles | Oct 31, 2025 | Criminal Defense, Utah Appellate Court Opinions
What Happened in State v. Smith? Jamison Smith was charged in 2022 with 33 counts of felony sexual abuse. Two of those charges involved his sister, C.R., who said Smith abused her between 1988 and 1990. Smith asked the court to dismiss those two charges, arguing they...
by Megan Fowles | Oct 27, 2025 | Utah Appellate Court Opinions
The Utah Court of Appeals has reversed the convictions of Michael Charles Mclain, who had been convicted on five counts of child sexual abuse, including three counts of rape of a child and one count of attempted rape of a child. The reversal was based on the district...
by Megan Fowles | Oct 20, 2025 | Criminal Defense, Utah Appellate Court Opinions
The Case Eddie Clegg was walking along the shoulder of 20th Street in Ogden after police had impounded his motorhome and truck earlier that day. He told officers he felt like he had “lost everything.” Police received reports of a man “acting...
