STATE v. FRANKLIN

No. 18052.

735 P.2d 34 (1987)

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Joseph Paul FRANKLIN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Yocom, Martin Verhoef, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

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


DURHAM, Justice:

Defendant appeals from a conviction of two counts of first degree murder under U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-202 (Supp. 1986). We affirm.

On August 20, 1980, defendant, an avowed racist, shot and killed two black men who were jogging in Liberty Park with two white women. On March 4, 1981, a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Utah convicted defendant of violating the civil rights of his victims in contravention of 18 U...

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