Legal Opinion
State v. Lafferty
Utah Supreme Court
Decided February 23, 2001No. 970111PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, Chief Justice:
[ 1 Defendant Ronald Watson Lafferty appeals from a judgment and conviction of two counts of first degree murder, aggravated burglary, and conspiracy to commit first degree murder. He was sentenced to death for the murder convictions On appeal, he makes eight separate challenges: (1) whether the trial court erred in determining that he was competent to stand trial; (2) whether the trial court erred in granting the State's challenge for cause to remove Juror 220; (3) whether Utah's insanity defense, section 76-2-305 of the Utah Code, violates the Eighth Amendment to the…
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