STATE v. BESS

No. 20170746.

473 P.3d 157 (2019)

2019 UT 70

STATE of Utah, Appellee, v. Lance BESS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed December 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y Gen., John J. Nielsen , Asst. Solic. Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Paul G. Cassell , Salt Lake City, Lindsay Jarvis , South Jordan, for appellant.

Justice Petersen authored the opinion of the Court, in which chief Justice Durrant, Associate Chief Justice Lee, Justice Himonas, and Justice Pearce joined.


AMENDED OPINION*

INTRODUCTION

¶1 Lance Bess, a detective with the Unified Police Department, was bird hunting with several family members when another hunter accidentally fired three shots in their direction. When the firing stopped, Bess

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