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Robin W. Reese
Robin W. Reese is a District Court judge for the Third Judicial District court of Utah.

Education
Judge Reese received his bachelors degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Utah in 1977. He graduated with a Juris Doctor from the University of Utah College of Law in 1980.

Legal Career
From 1980 to 1981 Judge Reese was an attorney with the Salt Lake City law firm of Tibbals, Adamson, Peters & Howell. Judge Reese served as a Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney from 1981 until his appointment to the bench in 1987. He has served on the Utah Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Criminal Procedure and on the Utah Commission on Justice in the 21st Century.

Judicial Career
Judge Reese was appointed to the Third Circuit Court of Utah in March 1987 by Governor Norman Bangerter and served as the presiding judge of the Third Circuit Court from 1992 to 1995. In July 1996 he became a judge in the Third District Court of Utah. He serves Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. From 1995 to 2001, Judge Reese served as associate presiding judge of the Third District Court. Judge Reese was certified for retention in 2008 by the Utah Judicial Council and after successfully passing his judicial performance evaluations by attorneys, jurors, and court staff was subsequently retained in office by the Utah voters.

Notable Cases

 * Judge Reese presided over the 2010 Sensory Sweep Studios case where the founder of Sensory Sweep Studios, Dave Rushton, pleaded guilty to tax fraud and engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity. Judge Reese sentenced Rushton to six months in jail and ordered payment of $516,816 in restitution. Rushton was also placed on probation for 72 months.
 * Judge Reese signed the execution warrant for convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner on April 23, 2010.
 * Judge Reese presided over the 2008 prosecution of Ogden, Utah businessman, Val E. Southwick in what prosecutors claimed was a $180 million ponzi scheme. Judge Reese sentenced Southwick to consecutive sentences of 1-15 years on each of nine felony charges.
 * In 2007 Judge Reese presided over the trial of Richard Norris. Norris, the defendant, was charged with violating the Utah Communications Fraud Act. After three days of trial, the defendant entered a plea of guilty to three felony counts. He subsequently filed an appeal claiming the trial court did not have jurisdiction over the trial and also seeking to have the Communications Fraud Act declared unconstitutionally vague as it applied to him. The State of Utah argued that his appeal should be dismissed because he waived his right to challenge the constitutionality of a statute by entering a guilty plea. The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that the district court did have proper jurisdiction over the case, that a guilty plea does not waive the right to challenge the constitutionality of a statute, but went on to uphold the constitutionality of the statute and the conviction. The Utah Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed the Court of Appeals decision (holding that a guilty plea does waive one's right to challenge the constitutionality of a statute) and affirmed the jurisdiction of the trial court and conviction.

Personal Life
Judge Reese is married with 3 children. He enjoys fishing, hiking, playing golf, reading, and gardening.