Utah Supreme Court· 5/13/1982

State v. Wood

Citations

648 P.2d 71
1982 Utah LEXIS 961

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noting that the defendant must \prove much more than [the fact that] he had been drinking\ before committing the offense to be entitled to a voluntary intoxication defense
stating that no specific weight is to be assigned to individual aggravating and mitigating factors and that all cireumstances must be weighed when considering the appropriateness of the penalty
stating that the standard is the “established rule” for direct appeals in capital cases
explaining that \'the sentencing authority ... must be persuaded beyond a reasonable doubt that total aggravation outweighs total mitigation ... [and] that the imposition of the death penalty is justified and appropriate in the circumstances\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
stating that the standard is the “established rule” for direct appeals in capital cases
stating the \fundamental rule\ that the courts should \avoid addressing a constitutional issue unless required to do so\

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Judges: Stewart, Hall, Oaks, Durham, Crockett, Howe

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