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State v. Benson

Court of Appeals of Utah

Decided April 24, 2014No. 20120360-CAPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

VOROS, Judge:

11 Defendant Malik Eagle Benson was charged with committing four armed robber*858ies in downtown Salt Lake City in less than twenty-four hours. After his arrest, Benson confessed to the first robbery, which included the theft of a car. That car served as the getaway vehicle in at least one of the other robberies, and police apprehended Benson after seeing him driving it. Benson unsue-cessfully moved to sever charges relating to the first robbery from charges relating to the other three. His principal contention on appeal asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Brigham City v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. State v. HolgateUtah Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. MenziesUtah Supreme Court · 1994
  5. 438 Main Street v. Easy Heat, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. ReeceUtah Supreme Court · 2015
  2. State v. CruzCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2016
  3. State v. IsomCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2015
  4. State v. MaamaCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2015
  5. State v. GallegosCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2018

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