Legal Opinion

State v. Sinclair

Utah Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1964No. 9971PublishedCited by 29 opinions

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

  1. State v. ErwinUtah Supreme Court · 1941
  2. State v. WardUtah Supreme Court · 1959
  3. State v. SiddowayUtah Supreme Court · 1922
  4. State v. JonesMontana Supreme Court · 1933
  5. State v. FertigUtah Supreme Court · 1951

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. State v. PierreUtah Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Cullinan v. Jefferson CountyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
  3. State v. BrownUtah Supreme Court · 1980
  4. State v. ScandrettUtah Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Jean Sinclair v. John W. Turner, Warden, Utah State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971

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