(Photo by Nate Carlisle/ The Salt Lake Tribune) Lance Bess smiles after leaving the Utah Supreme Court on Oct. 12, 2018. Bess was a Unified Police Department officer who was convicted of a misdemeanor count of brandishing a firearm after investigating why a duck hunter had fired in his direction. Bess’ lawyers argued before the Utah Supreme Court that he had a presumption of innocence because he was a police officer.
Nate Carlisle has been a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune since 2005.