STATE v. MENZIES

No. 880161.

889 P.2d 393 (1994)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Ralph LeRoy MENZIES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Paul Van Dam, Atty. Gen., J. Frederic Voros, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

Brooke C. Wells, Joan C. Watt, Richard G. Uday, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.


ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice:

Ralph LeRoy Menzies appeals his 1988 jury conviction for capital murder and the trial court's subsequent imposition of the death penalty. Menzies raises numerous claims of error in the guilt and penalty phases of his trial, including (i) failure to remove five jurors for cause; (ii) failure to grant a mistrial following "surprise" testimony; (iii) admission of preliminary hearing testimony of a jailhouse informant; (iv) consideration of a...

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