People v. Wescott

Appellant Wescott and his codefendant Fehr were charged with the crime of murder, to which they both pleaded not guilty. At the conclusion of the prosecution’s ease Wescott moved for an advisory verdict and for a dismissal as to himself, both of which motions were denied. Fol lowing the jury’s return of verdicts of guilty against both defendants, Wescott moved for a new trial and how appeals from the denial thereof as well as from his judgment of conviction.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the respondent shows that immediately prior to the crime decedent Henry McAnally and…