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- Title: State Utah v. Joseph Paul Franklin
- Author : Supreme Court Of Utah
- Release Date : January 19, 1987
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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On August 20, 1980, defendant, an avowed racist, shot and killed two black men who were jogging in Liberty Park with two white women. On March 4, 1981, a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Utah convicted defendant of violating the civil rights of his victims in contravention of 18 U.S.C.A. § 245(b)(2)(B) (1969). Defendant was sentenced to two life sentences. After the federal prosecution, defendant was charged and tried by the State of Utah for two counts of first degree murder. During that trial, the prosecution called Detective Jesse Baker as a witness. Detective Baker testified that he had interviewed defendant in Florence, Kentucky, after defendant had been arrested there on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle. Detective Baker said that defendant appeared unperturbed by questions concerning the stolen vehicle charge, but became emotional when he was questioned about the Utah murders. During a break in the questioning, defendant escaped through a window. At trial, defendants counsel cross-examined Detective Baker at length and brought up two robberies in which defendant was a suspect at the time of the Kentucky arrest. Defense counsel chose to discuss the robberies in order to offer a motive, other than guilt in the Salt Lake murders, for defendants escape. The jury in Utah district court convicted defendant, but was unable to reach a unanimous verdict for death. The trial Judge therefore sentenced defendant to two consecutive life terms to be served at the end of the federal sentences.