Legal Opinion
State v. Herrera
Utah Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1999No. 980145PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSON, Justice:
¶ 1 This is the second time this case has come before this court. The first time, Tomas Herrera challenged Utah’s insanity defense statute, Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-305(1), as being unconstitutional on its face. We denied Herrera’s facial challenges and remanded his case for trial. See State v. Herrera, 895 P.2d 359, 363-71 (Utah 1995). After remand, Herrera entered conditional pleas of guilty and mentally ill to two counts of attempted murder. Herrera now appeals his conviction and sentence for those two counts. Herrera contends that the Utah statutes governing both the defense…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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