Legal Opinion
State v. Kelly
Utah Supreme Court
Decided May 1, 1986No. 19253PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURHAM, Justice:
Defendant was charged with first degree murder, a capital offense, under U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-202(l)(d). After electing to be tried without a jury, defendant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, defendant challenges his conviction on the following grounds: improper search and seizure, Miranda violations, lack of jurisdiction based on delay in holding a preliminary hearing, and insufficiency of the evidence. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
In the early morning of February 10, 1982, Salt Lake City police received a report of a disturbance in an…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by36 opinions
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