Legal Opinion
State v. Wood
Utah Supreme Court
Decided May 13, 1982No. 16486PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Justice:
The defendant, Walter J. Wood, was convicted of first degree murder for a murder committed in the course of a robbery and sentenced to death pursuant to Utah Code *75Ann., 1953, § 76-5-202(l)(d).1 On this appeal numerous contentions of error are asserted in both the . guilt phase and the penalty phase of his bifurcated trial. On September 21, 1981, in a per curiam opinion and order, this Court sustained the conviction, vacated the death sentence, and remanded to the district court to resentence the defendant to life imprisonment as required by § 76-3-207(3). This opinion…
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3Cited by176 opinions
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