State v. Jonas

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendant Dale Leon Jonas appeals from a conviction of aggravated robbery, a first degree felony. He argues that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to submit to the jury his requested cautionary instruction on the reliability of eyewitness identification. Jonas also contends that the evidence is insufficient to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. We reverse on the first ground and remand for retrial.

On March 18, 1984, just after midnight, David E. Larson was driving south on Wasatch Boulevard, near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon, when the…