The Utah Court of Appeals has ruled that a jury relied on incorrect instructions when it convicted a Utah teen in a 2014 crime spree in which one peace officer was killed and another was wounded.
But while the high court has remanded Meagan Grunwald’s case back for a new trial, the justice ruled that the woman’s convictions of aggravated murder — for the death of Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cory Wride — and a charge of aggravated robbery for carjacking a vehicle will remain.
This means that Grunwald, who is now 21, will continue serving consecutive prison terms of 25-years-to-life and five-years-to-life on the two counts.