State v. Petree

659 P.2d 443 (1983)

STATE of Utah, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

John Wilson PETREE, Defendant and Appellant.

No. 18015.

Supreme Court of Utah

February 4, 1983.

Scott Jay Thorley, Patrick H. Fenton, Cedar City, for defendant and appellant.

David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen., Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

OAKS, Justice:

A jury convicted defendant of second degree murder of a fifteen-year-old girl who was his high school classmate. He was sentenced to five years to life, and entered upon service of his sentence. On this appeal, he urges that the evidence was insufficient to show that the crime…