State v. Labrum

STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:

This case is here on a writ of certiorari to review a Court of Appeals ruling affirming a gang sentence enhancement imposed on Troy Labrum after his conviction for attempted criminal homicide, a second degree felony. See State v. Labrum, 881 P.2d 900 (Ct.App. 1994), cert. granted, 892 P.2d 13 (Utah 1995). Labrum asserted in the Court of Appeals that the trial court erred in not entering written findings of fact in imposing a six-year “gang” sentence enhancement. Although the Court of Appeals found that the trial court had failed to make the findings required…