State v. James

819 P.2d 781 (1991)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Steven Ray JAMES, Defendant and Appellant.

Nos. 890309, 890474.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 15, 1991.

R. Paul Van Dam and Charlene Barlow, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

Nathan D. Hult and Robert W. Gutke, Logan, for defendant and appellant.

HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendant Steven Ray James appeals his conviction of first degree murder for the killing of his son and his sentence to life imprisonment. On Tuesday, August 26, 1986, at approximately 12:54 p.m., defendant reported that his infant son Steven Roy James was missing…