State v. Zobel

Defendant and his wife were charged in two counts of murder of their daughters, Rose Marie and Patty Sue in Hanson County, South Dakota. The court granted defendant's requests for a separate trial and a change of venue to Davison County. After entering a plea of not guilty, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree manslaughter on each count. From a sentence of the maximum of four years confinement in the State Penitentiary — to run consecutively — and $1,000 fine on each count, defendant appeals.

*263It is claimed the evidence is insufficient to justify the verdict. On appeal, this…