Legal Opinion
State v. Kelson
Utah Supreme Court
Decided September 19, 2014No. 20120843PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION *
Justice LEE,
opinion of the Court:
T1 Grace Kelson was convicted of five securities law violations and one count of maintaining a pattern of unlawful activity (racketeering) related to an investment scheme. The court of appeals overturned Kelson's securities convictions on the basis of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in stipulating to a jury instruction that purportedly relieved the State of its burden to prove each element of the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.
1 2 We reverse. We conclude that the jury instruction in question was an accurate statement of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Reves v. Ernst & YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- State v. DunnUtah Supreme Court · 1993
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- State v. KelsonCourt of Appeals of Utah · 2015
- People v. MendenhallColorado Court of Appeals · 2015