State v. Jensen

Appellant was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. He entered a plea of not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of the crime of murder in the second degree. Judgment was entered upon the verdict, and the maximum sentence was fixed at not more than twenty-five years.

The essential facts are these: May 14, 1937, appellant, a police officer in Seattle, arose at.some time between eight and nine o’clock a. m. On that day, appellant was on sick leaye and off police duty by reason of the fact that he had fractured his right ankle. Two sisters of appellant’s wife came to his…