STATE v. PEARSON

No. 950400.

943 P.2d 1347 (1997)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Jason Scott PEARSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Graham, Atty. Gen., Creighton C. Horton II, Thomas Brunker, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

Kenneth R. Brown, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.


DURHAM, Justice:

Defendant Jason Scott Pearson was convicted by a jury of aggravated murder and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. He appealed, and we affirm the conviction.

In June 1993, Pearson and a companion named George Kennedy stole Kennedy's mother's car and drove west from Delphi, Indiana. When the two ran out of money, they began to steal gas. On June 16, 1993, a store clerk reported a gas theft in Utah to the...

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