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STATE v. POE

No. 11836.

471 P.2d 870 (1970)

24 Utah 2d 355

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Roy Lee POE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 7, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cline, Jackson & Jackson, Joseph E. Jackson, Milford, for defendant and appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Lauren N. Beasley, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Darwin C. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

TUCKETT, Justice.

The defendant, Roy Lee Poe, was tried in the District Court of Iron County for the offense of murder in the first degree which resulted in a verdict of guilty and a sentence to life imprisonment.

The defendant was originally tried in the District Court of Washington County, and after the jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree without recommendation, the court pronounced a mandatory death sentence. The defendant appealed to...

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