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749 P.2d 1239

73 UtahAdv.Rep. 57

State v. Lafferty

Utah Supreme Court

Decided January 11, 1988

Utah Supreme Court · decided 1988-01-11

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Decided 1988-01-11

How this case has been cited

Cited by 161 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably United States v. Mergerson (1993), State v. Carter (1989)

7 federal appellate · 1 district · 151 state decisions — followed in 10 states

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*1262HOWE, Justice

¶1(concurring):

¶2I concur, except I desire to withhold my concurrence from any implication that defendant’s belief that he had received divine revelation to kill four people could not be relied upon by the examiners as a basis for their opinions as to his mental state. While I agree generally that religious beliefs and experiences may not be assumed to be unreal or inquired into by the courts, as stated in the majority opinion, it is unnecessary to the disposition of this case to rely on that rule when considering a religious belief as to divine direction to kill.

DURHAM, J., concurs in the concurring opinion of HOWE, J.
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