STATE v. PIERCE

No. 10279.

17 Utah 2d 394 (1966)

412 P.2d 923

THE STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. RAY WAYNE PIERCE, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimi Mitsunaga, Public Defender, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Ronald N. Boyce, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a second degree murder conviction involving a glue-sniffing episode. Affirmed.

Deceased and defendant, — teenagers, — sat in defendant's apartment sniffing glue. Defendant left and returned saying the deceased, whom he later stabbed, was crying, saying ghosts came in through the wall after he left, which ghosts were arguing whether deceased should go with the white or the colored people, — all hearsay...

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