State v. Holgate

RUSSON, Associate Chief Justice:

T1 Defendant Sean Holgate was tried before a jury and convicted of murder and aggravated burglary. Holgate argues on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to sustain a conviction on either count. Holgate failed to raise the sufficiency of the evidence issue below, but argues that he should be entitled to raise such a claim initially on appeal.

BACKGROUND

2 "On appeal, we review the record facts in a light most favorable to the jury's verdict and recite the facts accordingly." State v. Brown, 948 P.2d 337, 339 (Utah 1997). We present conflicting evidence…