Utah Supreme Court· 12/4/1986

State v. Velarde

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734 P.2d 449
47 Utah Adv. Rep. 8
1986 Utah LEXIS 932

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using a means or force likely to produce death or serious bodily injury is the equivalent of committing an act clearly dangerous to human life
noting that the statutory elements of the crime charged and a requested lesser included offense overlap where the lesser included \offense is established by proof of the same or less than all of the facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged\
“it remains within the prerogative of the jury to make the determination whether the defendant lacked the intent”
“[R]emoval of the respirator was not the cause of death .... the neurological surgeon who performed the surgery on [the victim] after the assault, testified that blunt-instrument injuries were the cause of death.”

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