State v. Penderville

KELLER, District Judge.

By a verdict returned in the District Court of Salt Lake County, State of Utah, December 19, 1952, Edgar Ronald Pender-ville, the appellant, was convicted of murder in the second degree for the slaying of June Weiler Penderville on July 30, 1952. He claims prejudicial error in the proceedings against him:

1.Because the trial court denied the following motions:

a. A motion to dismiss made at the close of the state’s case and renewed at the end of the appellant’s cace;

b. A motion to dismiss the charge of first degree murder made at the close of the state’s case and renewed…