Fields v. State

*788OPINION

By the Court,

Pickering, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder, asserting evidentiary and instructional error and improper argument by the prosecutor. We find no error or abuse of discretion and therefore affirm.

FACTS

A jury convicted John Vernon Fields (Fields) of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of Jaromir Palensky, whose fully clothed body was found floating in the Jordan River in Utah on January 14, 2004. Forensic evidence showed that Palensky had…