Opinion ID: 2630520
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: constitutionality of aggravated felony murder statute and death penalty scheme

Text: ¶ 127 The court assistant claims that Utah's aggravated felony murder statute and death penalty scheme are unconstitutional. Specifically, the court assistant claims that each fails to narrow the class of death-eligible murders or to properly limit the discretion of the sentencer. We have addressed challenges to Utah's aggravated felony murder statute and death penalty scheme and found both to be constitutional. See State v. Honie, 2002 UT 4, ¶¶ 17-35, 57 P.3d 977; State v. Lafferty, 2001 UT 19, ¶ 141, 20 P.3d 342; State v. Lovell, 1999 UT 40, ¶ 38, 984 P.2d 382; State v. Young, 853 P.2d 327, 336-38 (Utah 1993); State v. Holland, 777 P.2d 1019, 1024 (Utah 1989). The court assistant has raised no new arguments concerning the statutes, and we therefore decline to address these claims again. [27]