State v. Sinclair
Utah Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
CROCKETT, Justice:
Jean Sinclair was convicted of murder in the first degree of Don L. Foster and upon the jury’s recommendation of leniency, was sentenced to life imprisonment.1
*164Sixteen points are made attacking the conviction, including: insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict; errors in instructing the jury; in rulings on evidence; and improprieties occurring during the trial.
Oil appeal it is our duty to accept the facts as the jury could have believed them upon a survey of the evidence, and whatever inferences could fairly be drawn therefrom, in the light most favorable to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. ErwinUtah Supreme Court · 1941
- State v. WardUtah Supreme Court · 1959
- State v. SiddowayUtah Supreme Court · 1922
- State v. JonesMontana Supreme Court · 1933
- State v. FertigUtah Supreme Court · 1951
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3Cited by29 opinions
- State v. PierreUtah Supreme Court · 1977
- Cullinan v. Jefferson CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- State v. BrownUtah Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. ScandrettUtah Supreme Court · 1970
- Jean Sinclair v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
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