Legal Opinion
State v. Carter
Utah Supreme Court
Decided January 18, 1995No. 920110PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURHAM, Justice:
Defendant Douglas Stewart Carter appears before this court on appeal for a second time. In December 1985, Carter was convicted of murder in the first degree, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-202 (Supp.1985),1 and was sentenced to death. In his first appeal, State v. Carter, 776 P.2d 886 (Utah 1989) (“Carter I”), we affirmed the murder conviction but vacated the death sentence due to an erroneous jury instruction on aggravating circumstances and remanded the case for a new sentencing proceeding.
The second penalty hearing was held in January 1992 (“the 1992 penalty…
2Cases cited70 opinions
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3Cited by83 opinions
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