People v. Egan

ARCHBALD, J., pro tem.

Defendants were tried before a jury on a joint information charging one Dallas Egan and themselves with the crime of murder. Egan was also charged with four prior convictions and Turcott with one. During the course of the trial Egan changed his plea to “guilty” and the trial proceeded against his co-defendants. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree as to defendant Rogers, fixing the punishment at life imprisonment with recommendation of leniency. As to Turcott, the jury returned a similar verdict without recommendation of leniency. From the…