Legal Opinion
State v. Boyland
Utah Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 1972No. 12448PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLISTER, Chief Justice.
Defendant was convicted, upon a jury verdict, of the crime of first-degree murder. The jury recommended leniency, and defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecution proceeded against defendant under the felony murder rule as provided in § 76-30-3, U.C.A.1953.
Every murder . . . committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any . . . robbery ... is murder in the first degree. .
On appeal, defendant urges that the trial court erred in its denial of a motion to dismiss on the ground that there was insufficient evidence that a robbery had been…
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