A 66-year-old trucker recently pleaded guilty to capital murder charges in connection with the homicide of a 24-year-old woman whose remains were found in Millard County, Utah. The trucker was originally charged with capital murder in Utah, but those charges were dismissed in favor of capital murder charges brought in Texas. The trucker was charged …
In our last post we discussed the case of one 16-year-old Clearfield girl who hosted a “Project X” party while her parents were out of town. Project X is a new movie about a teen who throws a wild party to become popular. Like the party in the film, the Clearfield party got out of …
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A “Project X” party in Clearfield went horribly wrong last weekend when gunfire erupted at a teen’s house. Project X is a movie that was released at the beginning of the month about a teen who throws a wild party when his parents leave town in order to become popular. In the movie, the party …
By: Greg Smith and Brett Skidmore Can a person be legally insane one moment, then the next moment suddenly become legally sane? The Utah Supreme Court thought so in the 1999 case State v. Herrera where the defendant, Tomas Herrera, murdered his ex-girlfriend and attempted to shoot and kill his ex-girlfriend’s mother and little brother. …
In August 2009, Jesse Huffaker was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child. The police arrested him after his child’s mother reported him for sexual molestation of their toddler daughter. She alleged that there was blood in the girl’s diaper and cuts on her genitals after she returned from a visit with …
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If you think that men are the only victims of Utah-protective-order abuse cases, think again. Any attorney that deals in this area of the law will tell you that more and more abusive men, who know their wives or girlfriends may get a legitimate protective order against then, will run to the court to turn …
According to a CNN report, a federal jury convicted Brian David Mitchell on counts of kidnapping and transporting a child across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity on December 10, 2010. Related Story: Federal jury finds Smart kidnapper guilty, CNN.com
The trial, that started, then stopped, has restarted again, when the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a stay it had issued the day before. In the decision issued November 5, the circuit court said after considering information from both the defense and the prosecution, Mitchell had failed to establish that the only way …
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Late Monday night, the Utah Supreme Court denied an appeal by Ronnie Lee Gardner, a condemned prisoner scheduled for execution by firing squad this Friday, June 18. The default method of execution in Utah is by lethal injection but prisoners are allowed a firing squad if they so choose. In a 57-page ruling, the justices …
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