[2] His family continued to live in Arkansas for a short time before moving to Provo, Utah where Durrant spent his elementary school years.
When Durrant entered junior high school, his family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Durrant was an active participant in numerous extracurricular programs in high school, competing on both the basketball and track teams and serving as the Student Council President in his senior year.
Durrant attended Utah's Brigham Young University as an undergraduate student, where he met and married Jaclyn Huish.
He put his education on a two-year hold between his freshman and sophomore years for a mission in Tokyo, Japan for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[4] Following his graduation from Harvard University in 1984, Justice Durrant applied for a clerk position for Judge Monroe McKay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
The committee's "mission is to oversee the creation, evaluation, and maintenance of standards of conduct and professionalism for our legal community and to assist in the development of and implementation of effective enforcement mechanisms.
"[8] To further this goal, the committee drafted the Rules of Professionalism and Civility, which set forth guidelines for how Utah lawyers should behave inside the courtroom.
Mauchley appealed, citing the corpus delicti rule, which prohibits convicting a person based solely upon his or her confession.
In a unanimous decision, the Court found that the corpus delicti rule was anachronistic and was not adequate in protecting an innocent person in the event of a false confession.
Aimee Ellis sustained severe injuries (including significant head trauma) and was rushed to the hospital.
The birth injury allegedly occurred as a result of attending physician Dr. Gregory Drezga's actions and substandard care during Athan's delivery.
Burke then filed a Petition for Extraordinary Relief to the Utah Supreme Court because of "his inability to gain speedy review of the appointment order through normal appellate channels.
Levin claimed that the trial court had incorrectly concluded that he had not been subjected to custodial interrogation (in which case, he would not have needed to be told his Miranda Rights).