Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1986No. 19103Published
1Opinion of the Court
728 P.2d 1014 (1986)
The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Richard Louis SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.
No. 19103.
Supreme Court of Utah.
November 19, 1986.
Manny Garcia, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.
David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Robert Parrish, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.
STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:
Richard Louis Smith was convicted of theft by deception and theft by receiving stolen property. On this appeal, he claims that the trial court erred in excluding his testimony which was intended to show that he had a strong motivation…
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- State v. SessionsUtah Supreme Court · 1982
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- United States v. John Andrew GreschnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
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