STATE v. CLAYTON

No. 17166.

658 P.2d 624 (1983)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. William Harrison CLAYTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shelden R. Carter, Provo, for defendant and appellant.

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


OAKS, Justice:

Appealing from a jury conviction of attempted murder in the second degree, U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-203, defendant contends that the district court erred (1) by refusing to instruct the jury on the elements of manslaughter; (2) by excluding evidence of the victim's reputation for carrying weapons; (3) by refusing to instruct the jury that it must consider all lesser degrees of an offense simultaneously; and (4) by confusing the jury by instructing...

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