Utah Supreme Court· 8/12/1997

State v. Pearson

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943 P.2d 1347
323 Utah Adv. Rep. 17
1997 Utah LEXIS 68
1997 WL 453552

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concluding that simulation of shots fired from moving car was properly excluded under rule 702 as more prejudicial than probative
concluding that although the prosecutor referred to facts outside the evidence, the reference was harmless because the comments \addressed matters that are within the general realm of human experience and common sense\
holding that failure to give a manslaughter instruction where the jury was instructed on both aggravated murder and the lesser included offense of murder is harmless error when the jury convicts of aggravated murder
“This court reviews evidentiary rulings on prior crime testimony with limited deference, reviewing closely the trial court’s exercise of its discretion.”
“[T]his court will ‘sustain a trial court’s evidentiary ruling on any available ground, even though it may be one not advanced below.’ ”
“The expert in this case testified that he had never performed a simulation involving shooting from a car before, only simulations with cars alone.”

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