State v. Hummel

Associate Chief Justice Lee,

opinion of the Court:

¶1 John Hummel was charged and tried on four counts of theft and one count of attempted theft under Utah Code section 76-6-404. Ail eight jurors found him guilty on all five counts. There is no dispute in the record on this point. The jury was polled and all indicated that the verdict as announced was the one they voted for.

¶2 Yet Hummel challenges his conviction under the Unanimous Verdict Clause of the Utah Constitution. Utah Const, art. I, § 10. 1 He does so on the basis of an alleged lack of unanimity as to alternative factual theories…