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Panel debates pretrial‑detention, mootness and 'substantial‑step' standard in State v. Gross
Summary
Appeals court heard competing views over whether a pretrial detention order should be reviewed: defense argued witnesses’ account of a man gesturing to a toddler did not show a substantial step toward kidnapping, while the State said totality of the evidence and subsequent preliminary‑hearing facts support continued detention and raise jurisdictional/mootness questions.
The Utah Court of Appeals heard argument in State v. Gross on whether the court has jurisdiction to review the operative detention order and whether the detention hearing evidence established a "substantial step" toward attempted kidnapping.
"It is supposed to be hard, really, really hard to keep somebody detained prior to trial," defense counsel said in opening argument, summarizing the detention‑hearing record and stressing ambiguity in witness accounts about whether a toddler moved in response to a beckoning…
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