State v. Allen

DURRANT, Justice:

¶ 1 Defendant Paul Christopher Allen appeals his conviction for aggravated murder. He argues that numerous prejudicial errors occurred during the course of his trial and requests that this court reverse his conviction. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

¶2 “On appeal from a jury verdict, we view the evidence and all reasonable inferences in a light most favorable to that verdict and recite the facts accordingly.” State v. Gordon, 913 P.2d 350, 351 (Utah 1996).

¶ 3 On the evening of August 28, 1996, police were called to Allen’s North Salt Lake City apartment, where they discovered Allen and…