State v. Weaver

DURHAM, Chief Justice:

INTRODUCTION

f 1 Defendant Ken Weaver was convicted of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and failure to respond to an officer’s signal to stop. On appeal, he argues that (1) the jury instructions defining reasonable doubt violated his due process rights because they omitted the term “obviate,” (2) the trial judge’s failure to reread preliminary jury instructions at the close of evidence violated Utah law and federal due process requirements, and (3) the trial court erred in not admitting a police report offered into evidence by the defense.

¶2 The legal questions…