State v. Longshaw

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

Defendant Charlotte Marlene Longshaw, who shot and killed a mourner at her brother’s funeral, appeals her conviction for murder, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-203 (Supp.1997). We conclude that the trial court properly denied her motion for a new trial, which was based both upon claims of prosecutorial misconduct and that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We therefore affirm.

FACTS

On April 3, 1995, Longshaw discovered the body of her brother, Aaron Grueber, who had died from a drug overdose. At the time of his death,…