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STATE v. GEUKGEUZIAN

No. 20020460.

86 P.3d 742 (2004)

2004 UT 16

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Petitioner, v. Stephen Lamar GEUKGEUZIAN, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 24, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff, Att'y Gen., J. Frederic Voros, Jr. Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Kendall S. Peterson, Jerald V. Hale, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

On Certiorari to the Utah Court of Appeals

DURRANT, Associate Chief Justice:

¶ 1 Defendant Stephen Lamar Geukgeuzian was convicted of tampering with a witness. The court of appeals reversed his conviction, reasoning that the trial court's failure to include a mens rea element in its jury instruction resulted in manifest injustice. We conclude that defendant invited the error when he proposed a jury instruction that purported to include all the essential...

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