State v. Cloud

722 P.2d 750 (1986)

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

John Charles CLOUD, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 19884.

Supreme Court of Utah.

May 23, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1986.

F. John Hill, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., J. Stephen Mikita, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendant John Cloud appeals from a jury verdict convicting him of second degree murder. Cloud asserts that the trial court erred in admitting photographs of the victim and in refusing his proffered jury instructions. He also claims that the…