State v. Valdez

513 P.2d 422 (1973)

30 Utah 2d 54

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Gavino Joe VALDEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 12952.

Supreme Court of Utah.

August 24, 1973.

Bettie J. Marsh, William D. Marsh, Ogden, for defendant-appellant.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Robert B. Hansen, William T. Evans, Randolph S. Collins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff-respondent.

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Defendant appeals from his conviction by a jury of the crime of first-degree murder; the jury recommended leniency, and defendant was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment.

There is no dispute…