Legal Opinion

State v. Lee

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided January 9, 2014No. 20110707-CAPublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTIANSEN, Judge:

{1 Joseph Logan Lee appeals from his conviction for murder, a first degree felony, and for unlawful possession of a firearm and for failure to stop at the command of a police officer, both third degree felonies We affirm.

BACKGROUND

I 2 Lee met with the vietim, TH., on June 1, 2006, to settle a drug debt owed to TH. by a friend of Lee's.1 At some point during the exchange, TH. was leaning through the open driver's window of Lee's car when Lee pulled out a handgun. While the parties dispute what happened next, Lee ultimately fired two shots, one of which struck TH. and killed…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. LitherlandUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State v. LowUtah Supreme Court · 2008
  4. State v. MaestasUtah Supreme Court · 2012
  5. State v. HamiltonUtah Supreme Court · 2003

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. State v. LitiCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2015
  2. State v. BeckeringCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2015
  3. State v. KingCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2017
  4. State v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2020
  5. State v. BondsUtah Supreme Court · 2022

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