State v. Bassett

495 P.2d 318 (1972)

27 Utah 2d 272

The STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

Weldon BASSETT and Judy Bassett, Defendants and Appellants.

No. 12727.

Supreme Court of Utah.

March 27, 1972.

I. Gordon Huggins, Ogden, for defendants-appellants.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., David S. Young, William T. Evans, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff-respondent.

TUCKETT, Justice:

The defendants were found guilty in the court below of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. The charge against the defendants arose out of the death of their minor child.

The defendants Weldon and Judy Bassett were…