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STATE v. VALDEZ

No. 15920.

604 P.2d 472 (1979)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Robert Alex VALDEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean R. Mitchell, Stanley S. Adams, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

WILKINS, Justice:

Defendant appeals from his conviction of negligent homicide under Section 76-5-2061 in the District Court for Salt Lake County. Affirmed.

Defendant was arrested and charged with the second degree murder of Melvin Miller. Defendant does not dispute that he shot and killed Miller, but contends here, as he did in the District Court, that the shooting was accidental.

Early in the morning of December 11, 1977...

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