Mandich v. State

The appellant was charged with murder in the first degree. There was trial by a jury and a verdict finding the appellant guilty of murder in the second degree. The error assigned is the overruling of the motion for a new trial. That motion was lengthy and set out 67 claims of error in the trial. Many of these are grouped for the purpose of examination and explanation. Included in the specifications is the claim that the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the verdict.

The evidence most favorable to the appellee discloses that the appellant was the sister-in-law of the victim; that for a…