State v. Ringo

CALLISTER, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for assault upon a fellow convict with malice aforethought in violation of 76-7-12, U.C.A. 1953. His sole contention upon appeal is that the oral admissions or confession obtained from him, and introduced at the trial, were obtained in violation of his state constitutional right against being compelled to give evidence against himself. 1

The record discloses that the defendant, while confined to a maximum security cell in the Utah State Prison, gained access to an area known as the “Inmate Security Area” where he engaged in a physical…