Flanders v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Sheridan County; Hon. Carroll H. ParmEleE, Judge. Willard Flanders was convicted of murder in the first degree and he brings error. The material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to the District Court, Sheridan County; Hon. Carroll H. ParmEleE, Judge. Willard Flanders was convicted of murder in the first degree and he brings error. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The court erred in excluding evidence offered by defendant for the impeachment of the witness, Bothwell, and evidence of declarations made by deceased to said witness with reference to the mental condition of defendant, said declarations having been made on the day of the homicide and (being a part of the res gestae. (8 Wyo. 494.) The prosecution failed to establish a motive for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Justice.
The plaintiff in error, who was defendant below, and will be referred to as defendant, was convicted in the district court of the crime of murder in the first degree and sentenced to suffer death. He brings the case here on error.
The defense was insanity; and it is not contended that the evidence was insufficient^ to support the verdict and judgment if the defendant was sane at the time he committed the homicide. Therefore only so much of the evidence as is necessary to present the questions raised by the assignment of errors will 'be referred to. It appears that on the'…
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