State v. Nicholson

How courts have described this case

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• evidence sufficient to support conviction for second degree murder in death of child by starvation
• evidence sufficient to support conviction for second degree murder in death of child by starvation
• defendant neglected and mistreated small son for a period in excess of five months. Victim was found dead of malnutrition and dehydration in garbage, spoiled food and human feces reaching a depth of three feet in some places
• defendant neglected and mistreated small son for a period in excess of five months. Victim was found dead of malnutrition and dehydration in garbage, spoiled food and human feces reaching a depth of three feet in some places

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. James
  Utah Supreme Court· 1991-10-15· cited 163×
• State v. Fontana
  Utah Supreme Court· 1984-03-02· cited 74×
• State v. Couch
  Utah Supreme Court· 1981-08-21· cited 47×
• State v. Bolsinger
  Utah Supreme Court· 1985-04-05· cited 36×
• Clayton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-03-09· cited 33×
• Delligatti v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2025-03-21· cited 26×
• State v. Watts
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-12-28· cited 21×
• Simpkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-10-03· cited 18×
• State v. Warden
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1989-11-22· cited 6×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Burden
  California Court of Appeal· 1977-08-10· cited 54×
• State v. Hokenson
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1974-10-18· cited 42×
• Wagner v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1977-02-15· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-03-31· cited 37×
• People v. Lynch
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1973-05-10· cited 25×
• State v. Draves
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1974-07-29· cited 22×
• State v. Kelsey
  Utah Supreme Court· 1975-02-28· cited 21×
• State v. Day
  Utah Supreme Court· 1977-12-01· cited 11×
• Gibson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1970-10-28· cited 11×