State v. Swapp

OPINION

BILLINGS, Judge:

Defendant Addam Swapp appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter, a second degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-205 (1988). Defendant claims the trial court erred in denying his motion for a bill of particulars and by sentencing him to a term consecutive to the sentence imposed upon him in federal court. We affirm.

On January 16, 1988, a bomb exploded in Marion, Utah, severely damaging a chapel owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the “Mormons”). Local police responding to the scene found a trail of footprints in…