Weaver v. Hudspeth

*67The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

In 1946 Henry Weaver was charged by information in the district court of Lyon county with the crime of first degree murder and after a trial was found guilty of such crime by a jury which, pursuant to statutory authority (G. S. 1935, 21-403), determined the punishment to be inflicted for its commission should be confinement in the state penitentiary for life. Following his conviction petitioner was sentenced by the district court in accordance with the jury’s verdict and is now confined by the respondent in the state penitentiary under and…