State v. Gambrell

BILLINGS, Associate Presiding Judge:

Defendant appeals from his conviction of three counts of negligent homicide in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-206 (1990). As a threshold matter he challenges the trial court’s jurisdiction and in addition challenges the court’s imposition of three consecutive sentences, one term for each victim killed in the traffic accident. We affirm.

The basic facts are not in dispute. Gambrell was driving a large truck loaded with 78,000 pounds of steel down a grade when the braking system of the truck catastrophically failed.

In an attempt to stop the truck,…