State v. Pearson

DURHAM, Justice:

Defendant Jason Scott Pearson was convicted by a jury of aggravated murder and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. He appealed, and we affirm the conviction.

In June 1993, Pearson and a companion named George Kennedy stole Kennedy’s mother’s ear and drove west from Delphi, Indiana. When the two ran out of money, they began to steal gas. On June 16,1993, a store clerk reported a gas theft in Utah to the Utah Highway Patrol. Shortly thereafter, a deputy sheriff spotted the car — described by the clerk — on 1-70. He turned on his lights and…