State v. Bird

Justice PARRISH,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

11 On certiorari, we are asked to review the court of appeals' ruling that the trial court erred by not providing a mens rea jury instruction for the charge of failure to respond to an officer's signal to stop under Utah Code section 41-6a-210. We are also asked to determine whether the court of appeals erred by failing to provide guidance on remand regarding a correct jury instruction. We affirm the court of appeals, but exercise our discretion to provide such guidance.

BACKGROUND

T2 On the evening of October 12, 2009, Salt Lake City police…