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Utah Supreme Court· 12/17/1979

State v. King

Citations

  • 604 P.2d 923
  • 1979 Utah LEXIS 976

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  • concluding that serious bodily injury was inflicted where rape victim had been stabbed in the chest with scissors, puncturing her lung, and had been choked to unconsciousness
  • holding that sufficient evidence existed to support a finding of “serious bodily injury” where the victim “was choked into unconsciousness and stabbed with a pair of scissors” in the chest, resulting in a punctured lung
  • holding that sufficient evidence existed to support a finding of “serious bodily injury” where the victim “was choked into unconsciousness and stabbed with a pair of scissors” in the chest, resulting in a punctured lung
  • jury justified in finding “serious bodily injury” where defendant strangled victim into unconsciousness and stabbed her with a pair of scissors
  • temporary unconsciousness and stab wound

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Judges: Stewart, Crockett, Maughan, Wilkins, Hall

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