State v. Decorso

HOWE, Chief Justice:

¶ 1 Michael Scott Decorso appeals from his conviction for aggravated murder, a capital offense, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-202.

FACTS

¶ 2 Shortly after closing time on February 15,1994, the Payless Shoesource store in West Jordan, Utah, was robbed, and Margaret Ann Martinez, a fifty-year-old clerk of that store, was murdered. When the store closed, the killer apparently remained inside posing as a customer. Mrs. Martinez had locked the front door before ringing up the killer’s purported purchase of a pair of size ten and a half “Honcho” brand work boots and a pair…