Legal Opinion
State v. Mabe
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1993No. 910444PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURHAM, Justice:
Defendant Gary Lee Mabe appeals his conviction for second degree murder, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-203. Mabe raises only one issue on appeal: whether his confession was involuntarily given in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. We affirm.
On December 5, 1990, the body of Carol Mabe, Mabe’s wife, was discovered at her place of employment. An autopsy revealed that she had died as a result of blunt force trauma to her head. Evidence at the scene of the crime indicated that Carol Mabe might have been…
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