STATE v. FRAME

Nos. 21002, 21005.

723 P.2d 401 (1986)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Melvin Dean FRAME, Defendant and Appellant. (Two Cases).

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk C. Bennett, Vernal, for defendant and appellant.

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


PER CURIAM:

Defendant appeals his second degree murder conviction for the stabbing death of Charles Bovee, arguing that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction and that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel at trial.

Defendant, Bovee, and William Otto traveled together in Bovee's truck from Denver to Grand Junction, Colorado. En route, they picked up a hitchhiker, Randy Shaffer. Having supposedly completed the purpose of their...

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