Legal Opinion

State v. Dibello

Utah Supreme Court

Decided August 24, 1989No. 860220PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendant Jerry J. Dibello appeals from his conviction of second degree murder, a first degree felony. Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-203 (Supp.1988). Dibello raises four arguments on appeal. He claims that the trial court erred in (i) determining that there was sufficient evidence to submit the case to the jury, (ii) denying his post-conviction motion for a new trial based on prose-cutorial misconduct in the closing statement, (iii) allowing certain state-of-mind hearsay to be admitted into evidence, and (iv) allowing a portion of a videotape of the crime scene that dwelled on the…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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3Cited by82 opinions

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