STATE v. CHRISTEAN

No. 13510.

533 P.2d 872 (1975)

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Donald Leith CHRISTEAN and Vernon Wayne Rogers, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. John Hill, of Salt Lake Legal Defender Assn., Salt Lake City, for Rogers.

Stephen W. Cook, Kinghorn, Oberhansley & O'Connell, Salt Lake City, for Christean.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff-respondent.


MAUGHAN, Justice:

Defendants were accused of the crime of first-degree murder. Upon trial before the court, they were convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to the Utah State Prison for the term provided by law. They appeal.

According to the accomplice Christopher Eugene Leger, he, the defendants, and the victim, Richard Lynn Seldal were friends. Seldal and Rogers had been residing, with Christean and his wife and child, in an apartment. The friends...

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