State v. Larsen

ON CERTIORARI TO THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

C. Dean Larsen petitioned for a writ of certiorari, seeking review of a Utah Court of Appeals decision upholding the district court’s rulings on two issues relating to his conviction on eighteen counts of criminal securities fraud. Larsen contends that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that the intent to defraud, deceive, or manipulate is an element of a criminal violation of sections 1(2) and 21 of the Utah Uniform Securities Act. See Utah Code Ann. §§ 61-1-1(2), -21. Larsen also complains that the trial court…