Court overturns conviction for accomplice in officer death

Court overturns conviction for accomplice in officer death

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a woman convicted as an accomplice in a police officer’s killing in 2014. Chief Justice Matthew Durrant wrote in an opinion released Friday that there is a reasonable possibility the jury would not have found Meagan Grunwald guilty if there hadn’t been an error in jury instructions. He wrote that “our confidence in the guilty verdict is undermined.” Justice Thomas Lee dissented. Authorities said Grunwald, then 17, drove the car for her boyfriend during a deadly 2014 police chase that resulted in the death of Utah County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Cory Wride.