United States Tenth Circuit

County police officers' actions in arresting defendant were permissible under Utah Code Ann. section 77-9-3, which allows an officer to exercise authority outside of his established jurisdiction when a public offense is committed in an officer's presence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2003
• Published 01/31/2003

Judges

• HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, BALDOCK, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Benjamin A. Hamilton, Salt Lake City, UT, for the Defendant-Appellant., Wayne T. Dance, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for the Plaintiff-Appellee.