State v. Corona
Court of Appeals of Utah
1Opinion of the Court
MORTENSEN, Judge:
¶1 Early one morning, Anthony Corona fired five rounds from a .22 caliber handgun during a staged drug deal in a church parking lot. Four rounds struck Victim in his chest and arm, one of which killed him. Corona and his accomplices, who planned to rob Victim all along, fled, leaving Corona's cell phone at the murder scene. A jury convicted Corona of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, possession of a firearm by a restricted person, and five counts of felony discharge of a firearm, all despite testimony from Witness that she pulled the trigger, not Corona. Corona…
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