Lucas v. State

Upon a former trial of this case the defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree. Upon petition in error to this court the judgment of the district court was reversed and the cause remanded. The reason of this reversal was that the court considered that the evidence was not sufficient to justify the conviction of murder in the first degree. In the opinion then written an attempt was made to analyze the evidence given upon that trial, and to show fully the reasons for the conclusion that the evidence was not sufficient to justify the conviction. Upon the trial now being…