· 6/7/1978
State v. Angus
Citations
- 581 P.2d 992
- 1978 Utah LEXIS 1340
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The punishment for a crime is not and has never been considered a part of the pleading charging a crime.”
- “After conviction, the penalty to be imposed is an entirely separate proposition to be determined by the court as a matter of law.”
- \It is the prerogative of the legislature to prescribe the punishment for crimes.\
- “It is the prerogative of the legislature to prescribe the punishment for crimes.”
- legislature has authority to increase penalty for crime involving use of firearms
- construing Utah Code Ann. § 76-3-203 (1978)
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Crockett, Ellett, Maughan, Wilkins, Hall
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