State v. Trusty

CROCKETT, Justice:

Defendant Kenneth Trusty appeals from a jury conviction of second-degree murder for the shooting death of Craig Crandall early in the morning of April 12, 1970, at the latter’s South Salt Lake City home. By beating and abusing his wife, defendant had forced from her an admission of illicit relations, with the deceased. He then got a pistol, took her to confront the deceased, by threats forced from him a similar confession, and then shot him in the head.

The error upon which he seeks reversal of his conviction is that a comment by the district attorney about the prospect of…