State v. Brown

Defendant appeals his conviction of aggravated kidnapping,1 urging error in (a) failure of the trial judge to instruct the jury as to self-defense; (b) that simple assault was included in the offense of aggravated kidnapping; and (c) erroneous admission of photographs of the victim.

The defendant, who was married, and a Ms. Kuki had been having an affair during a 2W-year period, having met as employees at Hill Air Force Base. Kuki had told defendant she wanted to end their illicit relationship. One afternoon, Kuki and a male neighbor went to Logan, Utah, to Kuki’s mother’s home. She was called…