Legal Opinion
State v. Kell
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 1, 2002No. 960377PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
DURHAM, Justice:
¶ 1 Defendant Troy Michael Kell, an inmate at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF) in Gunnison, Utah, was charged with aggravated murder, a violation of section 76-5-202 of the Utah Code. After being tried in a courtroom located inside the prison facility, he was convicted and sentenced to death.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 Defendant stabbed fellow inmate Lonnie Blackmon (Blackmon) to death on July 6, 1994. Prior to the attack, defendant, a white supremacist, had been involved in race-related altercations with several African-American inmates, including Blackmon.
¶ 3…
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