State v. Parker

DURHAM, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

11 John Joseph Parker appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-208. Parker raises four claims of error:; (1) the trial judge's improper comments on the evi- * denee; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel; (8) the trial court's failure to admit out-of-court statements; - and (4) the trial court's failure to give the jury instructions requested by appellant. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

12 On October 24, 1997, Parker and his friends, Bryan and Korey Killpack, left their home in…