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(KSL News) A Utah death row inmate wants a new trial, claiming his public defense attorney botched his first one.
Von Lester Taylor will go before the Utah Supreme Court tomorrow, with more than two dozen claims his lawyer failed in several areas, from jury selection to providing adequate evidence.
The appeal comes after the high court upheld Taylor's conviction.
Taylor escaped from a prison halfway house and broke into a Summit County mountain cabin in 1990. Authorities say he shot and killed two people inside, injured another, kidnapped two girls, and set the cabin on fire.
