STATE v. VALDEZ

No. 19579.

748 P.2d 1050 (1987)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Julio Gary VALDEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn R. Brown, Brooke C. Wells, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Dave B. Thompson, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


DURHAM, Justice:

Defendant appeals from two first degree murder convictions for the deaths of Carolyn Swan, defendant's former girlfriend, and her son, Christopher. Defendant was Christopher's putative father. Following a jury trial, defendant was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment.

In this appeal, defendant raises six claims of reversible error: (1) insufficiency of the evidence to prove all of the elements of first degree murder in the...

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