State v. Bristol

Blume, Chief Justice.

Myron Bristol was tried April 12, 1937, upon an information charging him with murder in the first degree for killing one Wesley Skogerson at Laramie, Wyoming, on October 30, 1936. The defendant relied upon self-defense. The court directed the jury that they could find the defendant guilty only of second-degree murder, or manslaughter, or find the defendant not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. Upon this verdict the defendant was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from three to nine years. He has appealed, alleging the insufficiency of…