The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed two aggravated-murder convictions, holding that abundant evidence allowed the jury to reject both perfect and imperfect self-defense.
The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed a murder conviction because evidence permitted the jury to reject perfect and imperfect self-defense, and denied a rule 23B remand because undiscovered violence evidence was not tied to the defendant’s knowledge when he stabbed the victim.
The Utah Court of Appeals vacated a methamphetamine-possession conviction after the jury heard the offense level and a prosecutor inaccurately minimized the likely punishment, errors that could have encouraged conviction in a close constructive-possession case.