FILE - Douglas Lovell is escorted into the courtroom for an evidentiary hearing, Aug. 5, 2019, in Ogden, Utah. Utah's Supreme Court on Thursday July 25, 2024, overturned Lovell's death sentence but upheld his conviction and sent the case back to a lower court for a new sentencing. Lovell has twice been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the 1985 killing of Joyce Yost. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)
FILE - Douglas Lovell listens during closing arguments in the penalty phase of his trial, March 31, 2015, in Ogden, Utah. Utah's Supreme Court on Thursday July 25, 2024, overturned Lovell's death sentence but upheld his conviction and sent the case back to a lower court for a new sentencing. Lovell has twice been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the 1985 killing of Joyce Yost. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File)/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)