Legal Opinion
State v. Herrera
Utah Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1995No. 920209, 920265PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*361HOWE, Justice:
This is an appeal from two interlocutory orders entered in two cases which we have consolidated for appellate purposes. Defendants Tomas R. Herrera and Mikell Sweezey both challenge the constitutionality of Utah’s insanity defense as codified under Utah Code Ann. § 76-2-805 and other related sections.
FACTS
Since this is an interlocutory appeal, there has been only limited adjudication of the specific facts in either ease. The State concedes the following facts only so far as the limited issue of constitutionality is concerned.
State v. Herrera
Defendant Herrera shot and killed his…
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