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- Title: State Utah v. Gerald Douglas Chapman
- Author : Supreme Court Of Utah
- Release Date : January 16, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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Defendant/appellant, Gerald D. Chapman, appeals from two felony convictions for Forgery and Making a False or Fraudulent Insurance Claim. On appeal, Chapman claims the trial court committed reversible error in admitting the testimony of two witnesses whom the prosecution claimed were unavailable at the time of trial. The issue we address in this appeal is whether the prosecutor acted in good faith in attempting to secure the attendance at trial of the two witnesses. We hold that the prosecutor did not exhibit good faith in regard to one of the witnesses, and therefore that witness was not "unavailable" so as to permit the introduction of his testimony from the preliminary hearing. We further hold, however, that admission of that testimony constituted harmless error, and that the convictions of defendant/appellant Chapman should be affirmed.