State v. Schoenfeld

CROCKETT, Justice:

Mark Allen Schoenfeld was found guilty by a jury of negligent homicide, 1 a class A misdemeanor, for the shooting death of James Ivan Versluis outside the Canyon Inn at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, southeast of Salt Lake City, on the night of July 29, 1974.

In attacking his conviction he contends: (1) that the evidence was not sufficient to justify the verdict; and (2) error in instructions to the jury.

On the afternoon of July 28, 1974, two separate organizations: 2 The Ferrells Softball Team; and the patrons of a Salt Lake City bar: The Sequined Lady, each with their…