STATE v. BURTON

No. 17252.

642 P.2d 716 (1982)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. George William BURTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Fred Metos, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Craig L. Barlow, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant appeals his conviction on two counts of theft, a second degree felony defined in U.C.A., 1953, 76-6-404. Defendant claims that the trial court erred in instructing the jury as to the defense of voluntary intoxication and in refusing to deliver a requested "reasonable alternative hypothesis" instruction.

Cliff Bowden, the owner of an automobile allegedly stolen by defendant, drove with his wife to the home of some friends and...

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