State v. Florez

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice:

Defendant William Louis Florez appeals from his jury conviction of murder in the first degree in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-202 (1978, Supp.1989).

For a period of approximately eighteen months to two years, defendant and a woman named Dana Montes had an intimate relationship and at times lived together. For a few months, the couple shared an upstairs bedroom in a home in Ogden, *453Utah, and resided there with Bonnie Bruckner, her children, and Dana’s uncle, Gene Montes. The testimony at trial established that defendant and Dana frequently argued during this…