STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 16532.

626 P.2d 483 (1981)

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Eloy Paul LOPEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo Carol Nessett Sale and Ronald J. Yengich, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

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


CROCKETT, Justice:*

Eloy Paul Lopez appeals from his conviction by a jury of the crime of murder in the second degree for killing one Lynn Oliver outside the Drift Inn Bar in Lark, Utah, on the night of November 10, 1977.

He contends that the court committed error in: (1) the admission of evidence of his having committed another crime, (2) failing properly to instruct the jury on the lesser...

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