State v. Hamilton

827 P.2d 232 (1992)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

George Wesley HAMILTON, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 890456.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 29, 1992.

Rehearing Denied January 24, 1992.

R. Paul Van Dam, Charlene Barlow, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

G. Fred Metos, Salt Lake City, for defendant and appellant.

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendant George Wesley Hamilton appeals his conviction of second degree murder, a first degree felony. Hamilton raises three claims of error: (i) insufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction; (ii) failure to instruct the jury on the nature…