HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:
Upon a plea of guilty, defendant Joseph Mitchell Parsons was convicted of murder in the first degree, a capital offense in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-202 (1978, Supp. 1989). A sentencing proceeding was conducted under section 76-3-207 (1978, Supp. 1989), and a jury unanimously imposed the death penalty. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence.
In the late afternoon of August 30, 1987, defendant was hitchhiking...
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