Legal Opinion
State v. Singer
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided July 17, 1991No. 890081-CAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORME, Judge:
Defendant John Timothy Singer appeals from a conviction for manslaughter, a second degree felony. Singer claims the evidence was adequate to support a conviction of negligent homicide, yet insufficient to support a conviction for the more serious offense of manslaughter. Singer also alleges that certain statements made by him were obtained in violation of his Fifth Amendment right against self-inerimination. We reject both arguments and affirm.
FACTS
Before dawn on January 16, 1988, a loud explosion and accompanying tremors of unknown origin occurred in Marion, Utah, in rural…
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