Legal Opinion
State v. Franklin
Utah Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 1987No. 18052PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DURHAM, Justice:
Defendant appeals from a conviction of two counts of first degree murder under U.C.A., 1953, § 76-5-202 (Supp.1986). We affirm.
On August 20, 1980, defendant, an avowed racist, shot and killed two black men who were jogging in Liberty Park with two white women. On March 4, 1981, a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Utah convicted defendant of violating the civil rights of his victims in contravention of 18 U.S.C.A. § 245(b)(2)(B) (1969). Defendant was sentenced to two life sentences. After the federal prosecution, defendant was charged and tried by the…
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