STATE v. SCANDRETT

No. 11733.

468 P.2d 639 (1970)

24 Utah 2d 202

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Gerald SCANDRETT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay V. Barney, Ronald Boyce, Joseph M. Snee, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Lauren N. Beasley, Asst. Atty. Gen., R. Bruce Bybee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Gerald Scandrett was charged with first-degree murder for the stabbing to death of Tony Trujillo on November 8, 1968, in a room of the Upland Hotel on West Temple Street in Salt Lake City. After some preliminaries the charge was reduced to second-degree murder. A jury was waived, and upon a trial to the court the defendant was found guilty of that charge and he appeals.

No attack is made, nor could it be, as to the sufficiency of the...

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