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Fenstermaker v. State #20210519

Utah Supreme Court · January 28, 2026

Utah Supreme Court heard postconviction oral argument in a case challenging whether a 2017 statute that bars self‑defense when a person is committing a felony should have been interpreted to require a causal nexus or forcible‑felony connection; counsel urged the court to find the statute absurd as applied and to remand for a new trial under the 2018 amended language.

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