Utah Supreme Court· 7/27/2012

State v. Maestas

Citations

299 P.3d 892
2012 UT 46
2012 WL 3176383
2012 Utah LEXIS 106

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

recognizing in a capital case that the defendant “has the right to make . . . fundamental decision[s] that go[] to the very heart of the defense”
extending Castillo 's analysis of jury instructions on the theory of self-defense to other defense theories
stating that the cumulative error doctrine has no application where “the claims are found on appeal to not constitute error, or the errors are found to be so minor as to result in no harm” (quotation simplified)
“[T]he State bears the burden of proving to the jury that the defendant actually committed the crime.”
“[W]e reject [the appellant’s] federal and state constitutional challenges to the death qualification process.”

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Judges: Authored, Durham, Durrant, Lee, Nehring, Parrish

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Cites

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