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Utah Supreme Court· 6/30/1986

State v. O'BRIEN

Citations

  • 721 P.2d 896
  • 37 Utah Adv. Rep. 3
  • 1986 Utah LEXIS 821

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  • instructing a trial court to “grant severance when there is any doubt as to prejudice”
  • instructing a trial court to \grant severance when there is any doubt as to prejudice\
  • defendants properly convicted under different statutes of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery, and theft of a firearm arising from same criminal episode
  • \[The fact that one defendant attempts to cast blame on his co-defendant is not alone sufficient reason to require severance of the codefendants' trials. The defendants must prove their defenses were irreconcilable.\

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Judges: Hall, Stewart, Howe, Durham, Zimmerman

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