Legal Opinion
State v. Owens
Utah Supreme Court
Decided October 28, 1981No. 17038PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Justice:
The State of Utah appeals from a district court ruling that § 76-6 — 410(b), Utah Code Ann. 1953, is unconstitutionally vague. The correctness of that ruling is the only question before this Court.
The information filed against the defendants, Caral Lee Owens and Rudell Owens, charged them with theft by persons having custody of property pursuant to a rental agreement. The state was prepared to present evidence that the defendants had entered into an agreement in June of 1979 for a one-month rental of a trailer but at the end of the month they had telephoned and asked to keep the…
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