State v. Tamoua — Court excludes compulsion from murder special mitigation
The Utah Supreme Court held that compulsion is an excuse, not a legal justification, and therefore cannot support the murder statute’s special-mitigation defense.
The Utah Supreme Court held that compulsion is an excuse, not a legal justification, and therefore cannot support the murder statute’s special-mitigation defense.
A divided Utah Supreme Court held that a prosecutor may file a delinquency petition after an ineligible minor received a nonjudicial adjustment from probation.