STATE v. HOLT

No. 10772.

449 P.2d 119 (1969)

22 Utah 2d 109

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Lawrence Mack HOLT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 3, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., LeRoy S. Axland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CALLISTER, Justice:

Defendant, Holt, appeals from a verdict and judgment of first degree murder with a recommendation of leniency. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

On April 14, 1966, defendant shot and killed Bernice King and wounded Richard Allen in an alley behind Clark's Cafeteria, in the vicinity of 33rd South and State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. The defendant and decedent had previously been involved in a romantic relationship, which decedent...

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