“Hold Your Objections”: Why Proffer Hearings Need Contemporaneous Objections

Some Utah judges and domestic relations commissioners instruct lawyers to hold their evidentiary objections until opposing counsel finishes presenting. One commissioner explained that objections during proffer were unnecessary because the…

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State v. Tolman – 2025 UT App 188 – Remote Child Testimony and Preservation Failures

2025 UT App 188 THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH,Appellee, v. KASSIE ANGEL TOLMAN, Appellant. Opinion No. 20230006-CA Filed December 18, 2025 First District Court, Logan DepartmentThe Honorable Angela FonnesbeckNo. 191100466 Lyla Mahmoud, Debra…

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