The U.S. Supreme Court on March 3 left in place a Utah Supreme Court ruling that overturned the death sentence of Douglas Lovell, who was convicted of murdering a woman expected to testify against him.
The Utah Supreme Court left the murder conviction itself intact. In light of the new ruling, Lovell will have to be re-sentenced.
The state of Utah filed an appeal after losing in the state court. The case has been working its way through the courts for decades.
The justices denied the state’s petition in an unsigned order. No justices dissented. The U.S. Supreme Court did not explain its decision….