State v. Garza

2026 UT App 128

THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF UTAH, Appellee, v. JULIO CESAR GARZA, Appellant. Opinion No. 20220330-CA Filed August 20, 2026 Sixth District Court, Manti Department The Honorable Wallace A. Lee No. 171600008 Ann M. Taliaferro, Attorney for Appellant Derek E. Brown and Natalie M. Edmundson, Attorneys for Appellee JUDGE RYAN D. TENNEY authored this Opinion, in which JUDGES GREGORY K. ORME and RYAN M. HARRIS concurred. TENNEY, Judge: ¶1 Julio Garza beat his prison cellmate (Cellmate) to death during a violent assault that was caught on video. The State charged Garza with…