STATE v. NIELSEN

No. 20080709.

326 P.3d 645 (2014)

2014 UT 10

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Cody Lynn NIELSEN, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 29, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean D. Reyes , Att'y Gen., Karen A. Klucznik , Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, Tony C. Baird , Logan, for appellee.

Craig T. Peterson , Bountiful, for appellant.


Justice LEE, opinion of the Court:

¶ 1 Cody Nielsen was convicted of the aggravated murder of Trisha Autry and sentenced to life without parole. On this appeal, Nielsen raises a series of challenges to the venue for his trial — a Cache County trial with a jury comprised of Box Elder County residents. He also questions the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain lesser offenses of kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping and the sufficiency of the evidence to...

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