Legal Opinion

State v. Herrera

Utah Supreme Court

Decided June 29, 1999No. 980145Published

1Opinion of the Court

993 P.2d 854 (1999)

1999 UT 64

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

Tomas R. HERRERA, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 980145.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 29, 1999.

Jan Graham, Att'y Gen., Christine Soltis, Asst. Att'y Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Joan C. Watt, Mark R. Moffat, Richard P. Mauro, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

RUSSON, Justice:

¶ 1 This is the second time this case has come before this court. The first time, Tomas Herrera challenged Utah's insanity defense statute, Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-305(1), as being unconstitutional on its face. We denied Herrera's facial challenges and…

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2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Harmelin v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  5. Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962

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