Moss v. People

The defendant Nelivelt Moss was found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. His victim was an aged woman, Rena Schierenbeck, who lived in the town of Pitkin, Gunnison county, Colorado, across the street and about forty feet from the residence of the mother of the defendant and her husband, the defendant’s stepfather, with whom the defendant made his home. During the latter part of February, 1932, Mrs. Schierenbeck was robbed of approximately $20 and she accused the defendant of taking the money. The defendant had for some time been in the habit of performing small…