State v. Overkamp

WILLIAM E. SEAY, Special Judge.

Defendant appeals his second degree murder conviction for the killing of his ex-wife, Judith Ann Overkamp. His sentence was life imprisonment.

The following are alleged as errors requiring reversal: 1) Refusal to allow defendant to present evidence of a telephone call made to him by his ex-wife; 2) refusal to grant a change of venue on the basis of excessive media publicity; 3) failure of the state to prove the necessary elements of second degree murder; 4) failure to grant judgment of acquittal, as the circumstantial evidence adduced did not prove defendant’s…