State v. Jimenez
Annotate this CaseA jury convicted Defendant of aggravated robbery. The jury found that Defendant was subject to a one-year enhancement of his sentence because a dangerous weapon was used in the course of the robbery. The court of appeals affirmed. Defendant appealed, contending that the State failed to prove he had knowledge of the principal's possession of a dangerous weapon. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of aggravated robbery with a one-year penalty enhancement after clarifying the mental state required for the dangerous weapon aggravator in Utah Code 76-6-302(1)(a), holding (1) because the legislature has made no indication that it is a strict liability offense, the statutory aggravator requires the culpable mental state of recklessness; but (2) Defendant's claims on appeal did not require reversal because he did not demonstrate that the errors caused him prejudice.
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