Title: State of Utah v. Robertson

State: utah

Issuer: Utah Supreme Court

Document:

----oo0oo---- State of Utah, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Jerry Lee Robertson, Defendant and Appellant. No. 940374 F I L E D February 18, 1997 Third District, Salt Lake Div. I The Honorable Michael R. Murphy Attorneys: Jan Graham, Att'y Gen., Marian Decker, Asst. Att'y Gen., Howard Lemke, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff Mary C. Corporon, Kellie F. Williams, Salt Lake City, for defendant --- ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice : Jerry Lee Robertson appeals his 1994 jury conviction for murder and theft and the trial court's subsequent imposition of restitution costs totaling approximately $60,000. Robertson claims that the trial court made numerous errors during his trial, including (i)him competent to proceed to trial without making adequate findings of fact; (ii)to hold a hearing on the issue of competency; (iii)to stay all proceedings against him subsequent to the filing of a petition for inquiry into competency; (iv)his former wife's testimony against him; (v)to grant a mistrial following allegedly prejudicial statements made in the jury's presence; (vi)to give the jury his proposed reasonable doubt instruction and failing to instruct the jury on the theory of reasonable alternative hypothesis; and (vii)its discretion in ordering restitution costs. We have jurisdiction to hear Robertson's claims because this case is an appeal from a "district court involving a conviction of a first degree .felony." Utah Code Ann. §-2-2(3)(i). We affirm the conviction but remand for further proceedings regarding restitution of extradition costs.