Legal Opinion
State v. Met
Utah Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2016No. Case No. 20140522PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice Pearce,
opinion of the Court:
¶1 Defendant Esar Met appeals his convictions on one count of aggravated murder, see UTAH CODE § 76-5-202, and one count of child kidnapping, see Utah Code § 76-5-301.1, each a first degree felony. Met is currently serving two concurrent sentences of life in prison without parole for these convictions.
¶2 Met raises a panoply of issues on appeal. He challenges the constitutionality and the district court’s application of Utah’s non-capital aggravated murder sentencing statute, Utah Code section 76-3-207.7. He contends that the district court improperly ruled…
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