Series 14695

District Court (Sixth District : Sanpete County) Criminal case files

Dates: 1893-

9.00 cubic feet and 19 microfilm reels

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Scope and Content

Case files are made up of the various documents filed with the Sixth District Court in Sanpete County pertaining to each specific case. The records usually contain information such as the case number, and the names of the defendants, counsel, jurors, and witnesses. The case file may include complaints, indictments, subpoenas, verdicts, warrants of arrest, execution or confinement, warrant returns, affidavits, orders, judgments, appeal notices. Files rarely include transcripts of testimony.

First, second, and third degree felony cases are the predominant case file type within this series (a major crime for which the maximum imprisonment is more than one year in a state correctional institution). This would include first degree offenses such as murder, rape, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary and robbery, arson, and possession with intent to distribute drugs. Second degree offenses include: manslaughter, robbery, residential burglary, kidnapping, perjury, forgery, theft of property valued over $1,000.00, forcible sexual abuse, and intentional child abuse. Third degree felonies include: burglary of non-dwellings, theft, aggravated assault, forgery, unlawful sexual intercourse, joyriding, possession with intent to distribute marijuana or cocaine, and false or forged prescriptions.

This series also contains misdemeanor cases which are punishable by a county jail term of up to one year and/or a fine. Misdemeanors include: negligent homicide, driving under the influence, theft, assault on a police officer, criminal mischief, resisting arrest, reckless driving, possession of marijuana, shoplifting, trespassing, and possession of a concealed weapon.

Juvenile cases tried prior to 1907 can also be found in this series. In 1907, a separate statewide juvenile court was established allowing juvenile court jurisdiction in all matters involving children 18 years of age and younger, including parents and guardians of juvenile delinquents.

Missing cases should not be found in appellate court records since the Supreme Court is required by law [Rule 76 (d)] to remit their decision to the District Court "together with such papers transmitted to the Supreme Court on appeal." Furthermore, Rule 75 (n) states that after the appeal has been disposed of, any original papers should be returned to the custody of the district court. Cases which are appealed to the District Court from lower courts will be found in this series.

Arrangement

Numerical by case number.

Related Records

Minute books from the District Court (Sixth District : Sanpete County), Series 21850, contains brief minute book entries for court proceedings on any given day.

Criminal registers of action from the District Court (Sixth District : Sanpete County), Series 26692, contain register entries and alphabetical indices which can be used to identify the case file numbers needed to access this series for criminal cases between 1896 and 1990.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Cases 10, 22, 73, 97-99, 112, 124-131, 141, 158, 161-166, 188, 190, 198, 209, 216-217, 220, 228, 231, 235-237, 240, 242-243, 255, 257-258, 260, 264, 266-268, 272, 278-283, 286, 288, 293, 324, 329, 332, 334-336, 338, 344-348, 373, 380, 381, 386, 387, 391, 392, 399-405, 410, 413, 423, 431, 435, 443, 446, 453, 456, 458, 461, 471, 478, 501, 504, 505, 511, 545, 546, 596, 605, 613, 614, 628, 631, 638, 641, 642, 650, 653, 658, 662, and 663 are missing from the original arrangement kept between 1893 and 1945.

Processing Note

This series was processed by Jim Kichas in September, 2009.

Indexing Terms

• Court records--Utah--Sanpete County

Container List

REEL	BOX	DATE	DESCRIPTION
1	1	1893-1900	1-48
2	1	1900-1901	49-85
2	2	1901-1903	86-100
3	2	1903-1904	101-136
4	2	1904-1907	137-173
5	2	1907	174
5	3	1908-1910	175-200
6	3	1910-1916	200-284
7	4	1917-1920	285-305
8	4	1918-1921	306-353
9	4	1921-1922	354-372
9	5	1922-1923	374-385
10	5	1923-1927	388-440
11	5	1927-1929	441-459
11	6	1929-1930	460-474
12	6	1930-1932	475-510
13	6	1932	512
14	6	1932-1933	512-516
14	7	1933-1934	517-547
15	7	1934-1937	548-594
15	8	1937-1939	595-625
16	8	1939-1946	626-686