State v. Griffin
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder. The jury returned a sentence of life without parole. Defendant appealed and also filed motions to remand under Utah R. App. P. 23 and 23B. The Supreme Court (1) denied Defendant’s motion to supplement the record under Rule 23 as an improper means to supplement the record for appeal; and (2) granted Defendant’s Rule 23 B motion on several of his claims and remanded this case to the trial court on those claims, holding that remand was necessary to supplement the record regarding Defendant’s claims of conflict of interest, failure to investigate a witness, and failure to introduce evidence of a burglary of the victim’s home.
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