State v. Heisler

SADLER, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. He seeks upon this appeal to overturn the judgment of conviction, to have set aside the sentence so imposed upon him and to 'be awarded a new trial. A recital of facts within the verdict of guilty follows.

In the month of October, 1951, the deceased,' John Gunnish, of Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, was traveling alone in his automobile from his home in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, to California where he hoped to secure work. While passing through Springfield, Missouri, he came upon the defendant on the roadside,…