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STATE v. GIBSON

No. 14934.

565 P.2d 783 (1977)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Charles Lee GIBSON, aka Mike Gibson, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 9, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Snow, Moab, for defendant-appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Earl F. Dorius, David Schwendiman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, William L. Benge, Grand County Atty., Moab, for plaintiff-respondent.

CROCKETT, Justice:

Defendant Charles Lee Gibson appeals from his conviction of second-degree murder1 for killing Leslie Wayne Wigaard on the night of June 17-18, 1976 just off Highway 70 in Grand County near the Colorado border.

Defendant does not dispute that he killed Wigaard by stabbing him with a knife, but contends: (1) that because of his evidence of mutual combat and self defense his conviction of second-degree murder was...

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