CARTER v. STATE

No. 20170641.

439 P.3d 616 (2019)

2019 UT 12

Douglas Stewart CARTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Filed March 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren E. Weiss , Salt Lake City; Jon M. Sands , Paula K. Harms , Eric Zuckerman , Phoenix, for appellant.

Andrew F. Peterson , Erin Riley , Daniel W. Boyer , Asst. Solics. Gen., Salt Lake City, for appellee.

Having recused themselves, Chief Justice Durrant and Associate Chief Justice Lee did not participate herein. Court of Appeals Judge David N. Mortensen and Court of Appeals Judge Jill M. Pohlman sat.


On Direct Appeal

INTRODUCTION

¶1 For over three decades Douglas Carter has been on death row for the brutal murder of Eva Olesen. A jury convicted Carter in 1985 of murdering Ms. Olesen based in no small measure on the testimony of Epifanio and Lucia Tovar. Shortly after the Tovars...

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