State v. Lopez

CROCKETT, Justice: *

Eloy Paul Lopez appeals from his conviction by a jury of the crime of murder in the second degree for killing one Lynn Oliver outside the Drift Inn Bar in Lark, Utah, on the night of November 10, 1977.

He contends that the court committed error in: (1) the admission of evidence of his having committed another crime, (2) failing properly to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of manslaughter, (3) ruling on impeachment evidence offered by the defendant, and (4) refusing to allow a defense witness to give his opinion as to the truth and veracity of a state’s…