State v. Florez

777 P.2d 452 (1989)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

William Louis FLOREZ, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 870003.

Supreme Court of Utah.

June 29, 1989.

Randall W. Richards, John T. Caine, Ogden, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Earl F. Dorius, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellee.

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…