State v. Olsen

OPINION

DAVIS, Judge:

Defendant Brett Allen Olsen appeals from a jury verdict finding him guilty of second degree murder and mentally ill in violation of Utah Code Annotated § 76-5-203 (Supp.1993). We affirm.

I. FACTS

On the night of September 7, 1991, Olsen, then twenty-three years old, pulled into a gas station in Salina, Utah due to car trouble. While at the gas station, Olsen told the attendant that he was in the mood to beat someone up. After leaving the station, Olsen proceeded to a vacant lot in Salina where the victim William Paul Jensen and another person were socializing. Jensen, then…