State v. Mitchell

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of conviction of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree and from an order of the district court denying defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

On December 26, 1966, shortly before 3 a. m., the lifeless body of Nancy Mitchell, bruised and apparently beaten about the head, was discovered amid smoke and flames on the living room floor of the Mitchell home in south Minneapolis. Firemen who had responded to an alarm initiated by defendant, Dr. John R. Mitchell, notified the police. The detectives…