Legal Opinion
State v. Burns
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 2000No. 970190PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSON, Associate Chief Justice:
1 1 Defendant Becky Burns appeals from a final judgment of conviction for murder, a first degree felony. Burns alleges that the lower court erred in denying her access to state-funded assistance for expert witnesses, thereby denying her a fair trial.
BACKGROUND
T2 In September 1991, Becky Burns and her husband Richard Burns were charged by information with the murder, by starvation and dehydration, of their six-month-old son Shawn. Shawn suffered from Down syndrome, congenital heart disease, desaturation, gastroesophageal reflux, sucking and feeding problems, and…
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