BOGGESS v. STATE

No. 17983.

655 P.2d 654 (1982)

Walter Preston BOGGESS, Jr., Plaintiff, v. STATE of Utah, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

September 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Gaither, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Craig L. Barlow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant.


HOWE, Justice:

The defendant, Walter Preston Boggess, Jr., was tried for the shooting death of his wife. A jury convicted him of manslaughter and he was sentenced to a term of 1 to 15 years in the Utah State prison. He alleges error in that the trial judge failed to instruct the jury on a lesser included offense and failed to grant a mistrial as a result of juror bias. Defendant also alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in violation of his constitutional...

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