State v. Maughan

OPINION

ROTH, Judge:

T1 The State of Utah appeals the magistrate's decision declining to bind over Defendant Wade Garrett Maughan for trial on an obstruction of justice offense. In particular, the State challenges the magistrate's conclusion that the evidence was insufficient to establish that Maughan acted with the specific intent to hinder the prosecution of Glenn Griffin for capital murder. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

2 Brad Perry was murdered in May 1984. Over two decades later, DNA taken from the crime scene was matched to a man named Glenn Griffin. Griffin was charged with capital murder in 2005.…