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Cold Case Stalled by Legal Shuffle | Salt Lake City News
A decades-old cold case in Uintah County is heating up again as Darrell Eugene Choate, accused of murdering Greg Dahl Nickell in 1972 and raping him during the same incident, faces a major legal hurdle: his defense attorney must step down due to a conflict of interest after switching to a state role. With previous counsel also withdrawing, the court is now scrambling to appoint new defense representation. The prosecution has dropped the death penalty push, easing some pressure, but the case remains stalled until a new hearing on August 17th. This tangled legal web could determine whether…
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