STATE v. CRUTCHER

No. 20180322-CA.

531 P.3d 731 (2023)

2023 UT App 53

STATE of Utah, Appellee, v. Steven CRUTCHER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Filed May 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann M. Taliaferro , Attorney for Salt Lake City, Attorney for Appellant.

Sean D. Reyes , Salt Lake City, and David A. Simpson , Attorneys for Appellee.

Judge Gregory K. Orme authored this Opinion, in which Judge David N. Mortensen and Senior Judge Russell W. Bench concurred.


Opinion

¶1 Steven Crutcher entered a conditional guilty plea to first-degree aggravated murder after confessing to the racially-motivated murder of his cellmate (Cellmate). Less than a month later, Crutcher wrote to the district court retracting his confession, claiming it was not made of his own free will, and communicating...

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