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2013 UT App 11
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THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
STATE OF UTAH,
Plaintiff and Appellee,
v.
SCOTT KIRBY PATTERSON,
Defendant and Appellant.
Opinion
No. 20100243âCA
Filed January 10, 2013
Second District, Farmington Department
The Honorable Thomas L. Kay
No. 091700223
Edwin S. Wall, Attorney for Appellant
John E. Swallow and Ryan D. Tenney,
Attorneys for Appellee
JUDGE JAMES Z. DAVIS authored this Opinion, in which
JUDGES J. FREDERIC VOROS JR.
and MICHELE M. CHRISTIANSEN concurred.
DAVIS, Judge:
¶1 Scott Kirby Patterson appeals his convictions of two counts
of aggravated sex abuse of a child and two counts of lewdness
involving a child. See generally Utah Code Ann. § 76â5â404.1(4)
(LexisNexis 2012); id. § 76â9â702.5.1 We affirm.
1. Where recent amendments to the Utah Code do not affect our
analysis, we cite the most recent version of the code for the readerâs
convenience.
State v. Patterson
BACKGROUND
¶2 Pattersonâs convictions arose out of a tenâmonth period
beginning in February 2008, during which he abused his stepâ
daughter (Child), while married to Childâs mother (Mother).2 Child
disclosed the abuse to Mother on the first night that it happened.
Mother confronted Patterson in front of Child that night, and he
denied the allegations. Mother also asked Child whether she was
âreally sureâ about her accusations and told Child, â[I]f
[Patterson]âs done this . . . [we] will be fine, weâll go get us an
apartment. Weâre going to move out. Weâll be okay, you know, it
doesnât matter . . . .â Child, the next morning, decided that she
âdidnât want to moveâ because she âliked where [they] were and
. . . liked [Patterson]â and that she âjust didnât want to change [her]
life just like that,â so she decided to tell Mother to âforget about itâ
and to âput it behind,â and that âit might have been a dream,â even
though Child knew that âit wasnât a dream.â
¶3 Shortly after Christmas that year, Mother confronted
Patterson again after realizing that both Childâs and Pattersonâs
behavior had changed over the last few months and that the
changes had started after Child accused Patterson of abuse in
February. On December 27, 2008, Patterson admitted to Mother
that he had molested Child twice. Mother immediately planned to
move out of the house and filed for divorce on December 29, and
in the process she called an ecclesiastical leader from her church
(Bishop) to explain the situation and ask for his help. On February
9, 2009, Patterson was charged with two counts of aggravated
sexual abuse of a child and two counts of lewdness involving a
child.
¶4 Patterson also reached out to Bishop for help, meeting him
at his office several months after Mother moved out. Patterson later
2. âOn appeal, we recite the facts from the record in the light most
favorable to the juryâs verdict.â Smith v. Fairfax Realty, Inc., 2003 UT
41, ¶ 3, 82 P.3d 1064 (citation and internal quotation marks
omitted).
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described his meeting with Bishop as âconfidential clergyâpenitent
communicationâ that involved âdiscussions about confession in the
church.â Nonetheless, after Patterson was charged, he offered
Bishopâs name as a character reference to the medical professional
(Doctor) retained by his trial counsel to prepare a psychosexual
evaluation of Patterson; the evaluation was to be used in plea
negotiations and, if necessary, during sentencing. The
psychosexual evaluation contains Bishopâs statement to Doctor that
Patterson âtold [him] how sorry he was for what he has done.â
Because of this statement in the psychosexual evaluation, the State,
during a recess in the middle of the trial and before Patterson had
testified, indicated to Pattersonâs trial counsel that the State would
use Pattersonâs communication with Bishop to impeach Pattersonâs
testimony denying the abuse. Patterson decided to heed his trial
counselâs advice and not testify, even though both he and his trial
counsel later testified that they were prepared for him to take the
stand.3
¶5 At trial, the defense posed the theory that Childâs allegations
were fabricated and used as leverage by a âvery vindictiveâ Mother
during her and Pattersonâs divorce. Throughout the trial, testimony
was elicited from both Mother and Child that suggested Patterson
was an angry person, who could be frightening at times. Motherâs
testimony also described some of the details of their divorce and
indicated that Patterson got most of the assets because she did not
âwant to deal with him anymore.â Defense counsel used these
comments to support the theory that Child is a liar and that Mother
convinced Child to fabricate the charges out of bitterness and to
gain leverage in the divorce. One of the detectives (Detective)
3. Patterson was represented by two attorneys at trial and brings
ineffectiveness claims against them both. Additionally, the trial
record does not indicate one way or another whether Patterson
intended to testify. In a hearing before the trial court following a
remand from this court pursuant to rule 23B of the Utah Rules of
Appellate Procedure, Patterson and both of his trial attorneys
testified that Patterson was prepared to testify at trial and would
have denied the abuse.
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present during Childâs interview at the Childrenâs Justice Center
(CJC) also testified at trial. Detectiveâs testimony addressed the
consistency between Childâs trial testimony and her CJC interview.
¶6 Patterson was convicted of all four charges and appealed.
This court granted in part and denied in part Pattersonâs motion to
remand pursuant to rule 23B of the Utah Rules of Appellate
Procedure. See generally Utah R. App. P. 23B(a) (permitting remand
to the trial court âfor entry of findings of fact, necessary for the
appellate courtâs determination of a claim of ineffective assistance
of counselâ). Our order for remand specified,
This matter is remanded to the district
court for an evidentiary hearing for the
limited purpose of entering findings of
fact relevant to the determination of
whether trial counselâs actions in
advising Patterson not to testify on his
own behalf, due to counselâs concern
that the prosecutor would either
question Patterson concerning
communications he made to his bishop
or would call the bishop to impeach
Pattersonâs testimony, constituted
ineffective assistance of counsel.
The trial court entered findings on this issue, and the case was
returned to this court.
ISSUES AND STANDARDS OF REVIEW
¶7 We address several issues on appeal. First, Patterson argues
that his attorneys were ineffective for advising him not to testify in
light of the Stateâs threat to use Bishopâs statements to impeach him
when the clergyâpenitent privilege would have prohibited
admission of Bishopâs comments. âIn ruling on an ineffective
assistance claim following a Rule 23B hearing, we defer to the trial
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courtâs findings of fact, but review its legal conclusions for
correctness.â State v. Bredehoft, 966 P.2d 285, 289 (Utah Ct. App.
1998) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
¶8 Patterson also argues that his trial attorneys were ineffective
for failing to object to impermissible character evidence that came
in through Childâs and Motherâs testimonies, and for failing to
object to Detectiveâs testimony regarding Childâs character for
truthfulness. âAn ineffective assistance of counsel claim raised for
the first time on appeal presents a question of law.â State v. Ott,
2010 UT 1, ¶ 16, 247 P.3d 344 (citation and internal quotation marks
omitted).
¶9 Last, Patterson asserts that the trial court committed plain
error by allowing character evidence to be admitted and by
permitting Detective to testify to Childâs character for truthfulness.
To prevail on a claim of plain error, Patterson must show that an
error occurred at trial; âthat the error should have been obvious to
the trial court[;] and that the error is harmful, i.e., absent the error,
there is a reasonable likelihood of a more favorable outcome for the
appellant, or phrased differently, our confidence in the verdict is
undermined.â State v. Boyd, 2001 UT 30, ¶ 21, 25 P.3d 985 (citation
and internal quotation marks omitted).
ANALYSIS
I. ClergyâPenitent Privilege
¶10 Patterson argues that he âwas denied effective assistance of
counsel when [his trial attorneys] failed to advise him of the clergyâ
penitent privilege and did not assert it at trial,â thereby leading
Patterson to decide against testifying despite his earlier plan to
testify.4 Because this issue was addressed in the rule 23B hearing,
4. Patterson also argues that the prosecutor committed misconduct
by threatening to use privileged communications with Bishop to
(continued...)
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we defer to the trial courtâs factual findings. See Bredehoft, 966 P.2d
at 289. To succeed on an ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim,
âa defendant must . . . demonstrate that counselâs performance was
deficient, in that it fell below an objective standard of reasonable
professional judgment,â and âthat counselâs deficient performance
was prejudicialâi.e., that it affected the outcome of the case.â State
v. Litherland, 2000 UT 76, ¶ 19, 12 P.3d 92 (citing Strickland v.
Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687â88 (1984)). âDefendant not only has
the burden of meeting both prongs of this test, but must also
4. (...continued)
impeach Patterson if he decided to testify when the clergyâpenitent
privilege would have likely prohibited the State from doing so.
Patterson suggests that the issue was preserved during the rule 23B
hearing. However, rule 23B hearings are not the proper forum to
preserve such claims; they provide one thingââa procedural
solution to the dilemma created by an inadequate record of trial
counselâs ineffectivenessâ where ineffective assistance of trial
counsel is a claim on appeal. See State v. Johnston, 2000 UT App 290,
¶ 7, 13 P.3d 175 (per curiam); see also Utah R. App. P. 23B(a) (âA
party to an appeal in a criminal case may move the court to remand
the case to the trial court for entry of findings of fact, necessary for
the appellate courtâs determination of a claim of ineffective
assistance of counsel.â); Johnston, 2000 UT App 290, ¶ 7 (âThe
purpose of Rule 23B is for appellate counsel to put on evidence he
or she now has, not to amass evidence that might help prove an
ineffectiveness of counsel claim. It allows supplementation of the
record, in limited circumstances, with nonspeculative facts not fully
appearing in the record that would support the claimed deficient
performance and the resulting prejudice.â). Because this issue was
not preserved, and Patterson has not demonstrated plain error,
Patterson waived this argument. See State v. King, 2010 UT App
396, ¶ 27, 248 P.3d 984 (â[A defendant]âs failure to object to
improper remarks waives his prosecutorial misconduct claim
unless the remarks reach the level of plain error, meaning that an
error exists [that] should have been obvious to the trial court and
that the error was harmful.â (second alteration in original)
(citations and internal quotation marks omitted)).
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overcome âa strong presumption that counselâs conduct falls within
the wide range of reasonable professional assistance.ââ State v.
Snyder, 860 P.2d 351, 354 (Utah Ct. App. 1993) (quoting Strickland,
466 U.S. at 689). âAdditionally, because both deficiency and
prejudice must be shown, a reviewing court can dispose of an
ineffectiveness claim on either ground.â State v. Bair, 2012 UT App
106, ¶ 49, 275 P.3d 1050 (citation and internal quotation marks
omitted).
¶11 This ineffectiveness argument rests on the applicability of
the clergyâpenitent privilege and whether Patterson waived it by
permitting Doctor to contact Bishop. The clergyâpenitent privilege
is established by rule 503 of the Utah Rules of Evidence,5 which
states,
A person has a privilege to refuse to
disclose, and to prevent another from
disclosing, any confidential
communication: (1) made to a cleric in
the clericâs religious capacity; and
5. Patterson relies on Utah Code section 78Bâ1â137 as establishing
the clergyâpenitent privilege, as well as rule 503. See Utah Code
Ann. § 78Bâ1â137(3) (LexisNexis 2012) (âA member of the clergy or
priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the
confession, be examined as to any confession made to either of
them in their professional character in the course of discipline
enjoined by the church to which they belong.â). Although rule 503
was based on âthe basic concept ofâ section 78Bâ1â137, it was
intended to âexpand[]â that concept, see Utah R. Evid. 503 advisory
committeeâs note, and in accordance with that intent, rule 503
renders âineffectualâ section 78Bâ1â137, see id. R. 501 advisory
committeeâs note. Thus, we rely on rule 503 and other applicable
rules of evidence for our analysis. See generally Debry v. Goates, 2000
UT App 58, ¶ 24 n.2, 999 P.2d 582 (âThe Utah Rules of Evidence
expressly supersede statutory privileges. . . . Statutory privileges
not in conflict are retained, but when inconsistencies arise, the rules
control.â (citations omitted)).
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(2) necessary and proper to enable the
cleric to discharge the function of the
clericâs office according to the usual
course of practice or discipline.
Utah R. Evid. 503(b); see also id. R. 503(a) (defining âclericâ as âa
minister, priest, rabbi, or other similar functionary of a religious
organization or an individual reasonably believed to be so by the
person consulting that individual,â and defining âconfidential
communicationâ as âa communication: (A) made privately; and
(B) not intended for further disclosure except to other persons in
furtherance of the purpose of the communicationâ); id. R. 503(c)
(including among the people who can claim the privilege âthe
person who made the confidential communicationâ and âthe
person who was the cleric at the time of the communication on
behalf of the communicantâ). The privilege protects both
penitential and nonpenitential communications. See Scott v.
Hammock, 870 P.2d 947, 950 & n.2 (Utah 1994) (interpreting the
privilege as it appeared in former Utah Code section 78â24â8, which
is virtually identical to the current Utah Code section 78Bâ1â137);
see also Utah. R. Evid. 503 & advisory committeeâs note (explaining
that the rule aims âto extend the privilege beyond doctrinally
required confessionsâ and be âbroadly applicable to all confidential
communications with a clericâ).
¶12 The parties do not dispute that Pattersonâs communications
with Bishop are covered by the privilege. Rather, the parties
dispute whether the privilege was waived. The trial courtâs rule
23B findings indicate that Patterson waived the privilege when he
permitted Doctor to contact Bishop and when a synopsis of
Bishopâs comments to Doctor that included the statement, â[H]e
told me how sorry he was for what he has done,â was provided to
the prosecution. Specifically, the trial court stated that Patterson,
âas holder of the communications to clergy privilege, failed to take
reasonable precautions against inadvertent disclosure of his
communications with Bishop.â
¶13 Waiver of a privilege occurs when the âperson who holds a
privilege . . . (1) voluntarily discloses or consents to the disclosure
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of any significant part of the matter or communication, or (2) fails
to take reasonable precautions against inadvertent disclosure.â
Utah R. Evid. 510(a).6 Additionally, âit is not necessary under Rule
[510] to show that a [privilege holder] intended to waive the
privilege but only that she intended to make the disclosure.â Doe
v. Maret, 1999 UT 74, ¶ 19, 984 P.2d 980, overruled on other grounds
by Munson v. Chamberlain, 2007 UT 91, 173 P.3d 848.
¶14 Here, both Patterson and Bishop held the privilege, see Utah
R. Evid. 503(c)(1), (4), and both âfail[ed] to take reasonable
precautions against inadvertent disclosure,â see id. R. 510(a)(2). The
psychosexual evaluation provided to the prosecution paraphrases
Bishop as stating,
We ha[d Patterson] and his wife
teaching a primary class for 6â8
months and I was never aware of any
inappropriate sexual behavior . . . no
incidents. The first I found out
anything was when he came and told
me about this . . . . He told me he was
in a lot of different leadership positions
in the past . . . . Iâve never known him
to be misleading and has always been
upfront . . . he told me how sorry he
was for what he has done . . . all that I
know of it is isolated just to this . . . .
(Emphasis omitted) (omissions in original). The implication of
Bishopâs statement is that Patterson confessed to the charges.
Bishop was contacted by Doctor to opine on Pattersonâs ability to
safely be around children, and the first part of Bishopâs statement
6. Rule 507 of the Utah Rules of Evidence governed waiver of
privileges at the time of the rule 23B hearing but was subsequently
renumbered as rule 510. Because this amendment to the rule was
purely stylistic, we cite the most current version of the rule. See
Utah R. Evid. 510 advisory committeeâs note.
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to Doctor does that without implicating a confidential
communication. Though Bishop may not have intended to imply
that Patterson had confessed, his comments transcribed in the
psychosexual evaluation indicate that Bishop âfail[ed] to take
reasonable precautions against inadvertent disclosure.â See id.
Likewise, even if Doctorâs communication with Bishop did not
waive the privilege in and of itself, the fact that Patterson reviewed
the psychosexual evaluation with Doctor and trial counsel before
permitting the evaluation to be disclosed to the State essentially
amounts to his âconsent[ing] to the disclosure of a[] significant part
of the . . . [privileged] communication,â see id. R. 510(a)(1), with that
âsignificant partâ being the implication of his having confessed to
Bishop. Accordingly, because Patterson and Bishop waived the
privilege, trial counselâs performance was not deficient for failing
to raise the privilege in deciding on how to advise Patterson
regarding his decision to testify.
¶15 Although trial counsel could have also taken steps after the
disclosure to try to preserve some confidentiality, cf. Gold Standard,
Inc. v. American Barrick Res. Corp., 805 P.2d 164, 172 (Utah 1990)
(holding that a partyâs more than threeâmonth delay in filing a
motion for a protective order regarding materials that the party
seemingly knowingly disclosed, but later claimed to be confidential
attorney work product, âconstitute[ed] an independent waiver of
whatever right [of confidentiality the party] may have been able to
assertâ), Patterson has failed to convince us that such a step had a
reasonable probability of success, especially in light of Pattersonâs
purposeful, rather than inadvertent, disclosure of the psychosexual
evaluation to the State. See Terry v. Bacon, 2011 UT App 432, ¶ 19,
269 P.3d 188 (recognizing that principles of fairness dictate that a
party ânot be permitted to use the [attorneyâclient] privilege as a
sword . . . [and] a shieldâ); see also Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S.
668, 694 (1984) (âThe defendant must show that there is a
reasonable probability that, but for counselâs unprofessional errors,
the result of the proceeding would have been different.â).
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II. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel on Issues Outside of the
Rule 23B Hearing
A. Rule 404 Evidence
¶16 Next, Patterson argues that Motherâs testimony about her
divorce from Patterson and Motherâs and Childâs testimonies about
Pattersonâs temper amount to impermissible character evidence
under rule 404 of the Utah Rules of Evidence, and that trial counsel
was ineffective for failing to object to its admission. We reject this
claim.
¶17 âIn determining whether counselâs performance is
constitutionally deficient, we presume that counsel has rendered
adequate assistance.â State v. Dunn, 850 P.2d 1201, 1225 (Utah 1993)
(citing Strickland, 466 U.S. at 690). âThus, if the challenged act or
omission might be considered sound trial strategy, we will not find
that it demonstrates inadequacy of counsel.â Id.
¶18 Here, Pattersonâs theory of the case presented at the very
beginning of trial suggested that Child was coerced into making
false accusations by a âscornedâ Mother, thereby inviting and
benefitting from the admission of the now challenged evidence.
Trial counselâs failure to object to evidence that supported his
theory of the case was certainly a reasonable trial strategy.
Accordingly, trial counselâs actions do not amount to ineffective
assistance. See id.
B. Detectiveâs Testimony Regarding Childâs Character for
Truthfulness
¶19 Patterson also argues that Detective was not qualified to
testify as to whether Childâs testimony to the jury and statements
to the CJC were truthful. Because this argument was not preserved,
Patterson requests that we review it in an ineffective assistance of
counsel framework.
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¶20 As stated above, the defense theory presented at trial was
that Child fabricated the charges and that Mother, motivated by
her vindictiveness in the wake of her divorce from Patterson,
coerced Child into doing so. The vindictiveness part of the theory
was to be proved with the evidence challenged above, and the
fabrication aspect was to be proved, in part, with Detectiveâs
challenged testimony. Detectiveâs statements that Patterson now
challenges involve Detectiveâs testimony regarding Childâs
demeanor during the CJC interview, her description of how
children typically behave during those types of interviews, and her
opinion regarding the consistency between Childâs CJC interview
and Childâs trial testimony. In answering the consistency question,
Detective noted that Childâs testimony was consistent, âexcept for
some of the obvious lies that were toldâ during the CJC interview.
Detective then elaborated on what the lie was about and noted that
children often lie in such situations. Trial counsel referred to
Childâs lie to the CJC in opening arguments, and Detectiveâs
testimony substantiated that assertion. Counsel subsequently used
Detectiveâs statement about the lie while crossâexamining Child
and during closing arguments to attack Childâs truthfulness.
¶21 Thus, regardless of whether such an objection would have
been futile, which is likely, cf. State v. Bair, 2012 UT App 106,
¶¶ 46â47, 275 P.3d 1050 (upholding as in accordance with the Utah
Rules of Evidence a detectiveâs testimony regarding his observation
that the victimâs CJC and trial testimonies were consistent, and
rejecting challenges to the permissibility of the detectiveâs
testimony regarding the frequency of delayed reporting in child sex
abuse cases because that fact is âalready recognized by Utah
courtsâ), Detectiveâs testimony is largely consistent with trial
counselâs stated defense theory. Accordingly, we cannot say that
counselâs failure to object amounted to ineffective assistance.
III. Plain Error
¶22 Patterson also raises a plain error argument against the trial
courtâs admission of Motherâs and Childâs testimonies regarding
Pattersonâs character, and Detectiveâs testimony about Childâs
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character. Plain error, like ineffective assistance, provides an
exception to the preservation rule that otherwise requires
appellants to raise arguments for the first time during the
proceedings below. See State v. Holgate, 2000 UT 74, ¶ 11, 10 P.3d
346. The preservation requirement âserves two important policies.â
Id.
First, in the interest of orderly
procedure, the trial court ought to be
given an opportunity to address a
claimed error and, if appropriate,
correct it. Second, a defendant should
not be permitted to forego making an
objection with the strategy of
enhanc[ing] the defendantâs chances of
acquittal and then, if that strategy fails,
. . . claim[ing] on appeal that the Court
should reverse.
Id. (alterations and omission in original) (citations and internal
quotation marks omitted). âThe plain error exception [to the
preservation rule] enables the appellate court to balance the need
for procedural regularity with the demands of fairness.â Id. ¶ 13.
However, conducting a plain error review where trial counselâs
failure to object was a strategic decision, âwould be sanctioning a
procedure that fosters invited error.â State v. Bullock, 791 P.2d 155,
159 (Utah 1989); see also State v. Beck, 2007 UT 60, ¶¶ 16, 18, 165 P.3d
1225 (explaining that the trial courtâs role is âto protect the
accusedâs right to a fair trial,â and not to âusurp the function of
counselâ); State v. King, 2006 UT 3, ¶ 14, 131 P.3d 202 (noting that
it is the partyâs prerogative, not the trial courtâs, to present the
theory of the case and âto zealously advocate their cause,â and
citing this distinction as what âdistinguishes our adversar[ial]
system of justice from the inquisitorial oneâ (citation and internal
quotation marks omitted)). Thus, if trial counselâs decision not to
object âwas conscious and did not amount to ineffective assistance
of counsel, this Court should refuse to consider the merits of the
trial courtâs ruling. Indeed, the failure to object in such instances
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should be treated as a conscious waiver and should preclude
further consideration of the issue.â Bullock, 791 P.2d at 159. In other
words, âif trial counselâs actions amounted to an active, as opposed
to a passive, waiver of an objection, we may decline to consider the
claim of plain error.â Id.
¶23 As discussed in the preceding section, that is precisely what
occurred here. Accordingly, we decline to address these issues in
a plain error framework. See id. at 158â59.
CONCLUSION
¶24 Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to assert the
clergyâpenitent privilege because Patterson waived that privilege
when he approved the disclosure of the psychosexual report to the
State. Trial counsel was also not ineffective for failing to object to
the rule 404 evidence and for failing to object to Detectiveâs
testimony regarding Childâs description of events because both
supported trial counselâs stated theory of the case. We do not
consider Pattersonâs plain error challenges to the admission of the
rule 404 evidence and Detectiveâs statements about Childâs
description of events because that evidence corresponded with trial
counselâs stated theory of the case.7
____________________
7. Patterson also raises a cumulative error argument. âUnder the
cumulative error doctrine, we will reverse only if the cumulative
effect of . . . several errors undermines our confidence . . . that a fair
trial was had.â State v. Dunn, 850 P.2d 1201, 1229 (Utah 1993)
(second omission in original) (citation and internal quotation marks
omitted). Because we have rejected each of Pattersonâs claims of
error, we also reject his cumulative error argument.
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