Legal Opinion
State v. Houston
Utah Supreme Court
Decided March 13, 2015No. 20120625PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*62Justice NEHRING,
opinion of the Court: 1
INTRODUCTION
T1 Robert Cameron Houston was seventeen and a half years old when he murdered R.E., a staff member of the residential treatment center for youth where Mr. Houston was temporarily residing. The State charged Mr. Houston with aggravated murder, aggravated sexual assault, and rape. Mr. Houston pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, and the State agreed to drop the other charges.
T2 The parties agreed to a sentencing hearing where a jury would determine whether Mr. Houston would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or an…
2Cases cited138 opinions
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- Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by83 opinions
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