WILKINS, Justice: All statutory references herein are to Utah Code Ann., 1953, unless otherwise indicated. The plaintiffs were charged in a complaint issued by Salt Lake City Court on September 15, 1977, with the offenses of Criminal
Homicide, Murder in the First Degree (a capital felony) in violation of Sec. 76-5-202(c) and (f), enacted in 1970 and amended
in 1975; Criminal Conspiracy (felony in the first degree) in violation of Sec. 76-4-201, enacted in 1973; and Attempted Criminal
Homicide (felony in the first degree) in violation of Sec. 76-5-202(c) and (f), supra. Also see Sec. 76-4-101, enacted in
1973. The complaint states that the victim of the homicide was Rulon Clark Allred and the intended victim of the attempted
homicide was Merlin Kingston.
