Legal Opinion

State v. Merrill

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided January 6, 2012No. 20080908-CAPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

THORNE, Judge:

11 Defendant Trevor Merrill was charged with criminal homicide, child abuse homicide, a third degree felony, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-208 (2003), and reckless endangerment, a class A misdemeanor, see id. § 76-5-112 1 Merrill seeks interlocutory review of the district court's denial of his motion to quash the bindover on those charges. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

12 On August 18, 2006, Merrill went to sleep in the same bed with his three and a half month old son and the infant's mother Echo Nielsen. 2 The infant was allegedly sit uated between Merrill and Nielsen. 3 Sometime…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Russell T. Fitzgerald v. Preston C. Manning, Jr., M. D.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
  2. Palace Bar, Inc. v. FearnotIndiana Supreme Court · 1978
  3. McMahon v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. State v. ClarkUtah Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Marron v. StromstadAlaska Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. BraggCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2013
  2. State v. MorrisonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2020
  3. State v. NielsenCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2012
  4. Phillips v. South Jordan CityCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2013
  5. State v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2012

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