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Utah Supreme Court· 12/29/1983

State v. Bales

Citations

  • 675 P.2d 573
  • 1983 Utah LEXIS 1241

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  • holding that there was sufficient evidence to warrant a flight instruction
  • holding that the language \[ylou are further instructed that flight affords a basis for an inference of consciousness of guilt and constitutes an implied admission\ im-permissibly infringed on the defendant's presumption of innocence
  • upholding language in the challenged instruction that stated \the weight to which such circumstance is entitled is a matter for the jury to determine\
  • approving a flight instruetion where there was \ample evidence\ to justify giving one because the defendant's flight took place immediately after the police officer identified himself, as opposed to \evidence of flight [that] was slight or contradictory as to its motive.\
  • defendant fled after being ordered to stop during police pursuit following commission of aggravated burglary
  • defendant fled after being ordered to stop during police pursuit following commission of aggravated burglary

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Judges: Oaks, Hall, Stewart, Durham, Howe

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