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STATE v. MAURER

No. 860006.

770 P.2d 981 (1989)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. John Henry MAURER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Denied March 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Bergeson and James Bradshaw, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

R. Paul Van Dam, Sandra L. Sjogren, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Defendant John Henry Maurer was convicted by a jury of second degree murder in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-203 (1978, Supp. 1988). He was sentenced to an indeterminate term of five years to life in the Utah State Prison. He appeals, assailing the trial court's admitting into evidence a letter he wrote to the victim's father over a month after the homicide.

Defendant met the victim, Janet Hannan, in 1984, and they...

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