Utah Court of Appeals reverses murder conviction, ruling DNA expert should have been hired

  • 📰 KSLcom
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 26 sec. here
  • 14 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 56%
  • Publisher: 51%

News News

Traffic,Weather,Sports

The Utah Court of Appeals reversed a conviction for the killing of a Provo woman. It ruled Jerad Gourdin should have a new trial because his attorney did not hire a DNA expert.

<p>SALT LAKE CITY — In 2018, four years after a 60-year-old Provo woman was found strangled to death in her home, a man was finally charged with killing her.

com/article/46378790" rel="follow" target="_blank">charged in 4th District Court with m</a>urder committed for pecuniary gain, a first-degree felony, and after being found guilty, he was&

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 549. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Utah appeals court upholds public records release on wolvesBen Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including government, the Great Salt Lake, vice and polygamy.
Source: fox13 - 🏆 550. / 51 Read more »

2 former Utah Supreme Court justices endorse Michelle Quist in Utah AG raceMichelle Quist, United Utah Party nominee for attorney general, has received two endorsements from former Utah Supreme Court justices.
Source: KSLcom - 🏆 549. / 51 Read more »

Georgia appeals court pauses lower-court proceedings in Trump election caseThe order means the case against the former president and eight of his co-defendants will almost certainly not be scheduled for trial before the fall election.
Source: washingtonpost - 🏆 95. / 72 Read more »