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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- One of Utah's most notorious death-row inmates is once again appealing his death sentence.
This is the third time Ron Lafferty's case has been brought before the Utah Supreme Court.
The 64-year-old is challenging a ruling made last November by Judge Anthony Schofield. The judge denied Lafferty's request for an evidentiary hearing on his claim that his defense team held back evidence during his second jury trial in 1996.
Lafferty and his brother were convicted of murdering their sister-in-law, Brenda Lafferty and her 15-month-old daughter in 1984.
Dan is serving a life sentence in prison without parole.
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