Simecek v. State

James Simecek was prosecuted for murder upon an information charging him in four separate counts with the killing in immediate succession of four persons on the 15th day of January, 1942. A jury was waived. There were pleas of “Not guilty because insane,” and “Not guilty.” The court found the defendant sane at the time of the commission of the acts charged, and guilty of murder in the first degree of the killing of each of the four persons and sentenced him to imprisonment for life in the state’s prison upon each count, the terms to run concurrently.

The four homicides were definitely proved…