Kukuljan v. People

Jack Kukuljan shot and killed one Harold Porterfield, and upon trial, in which he was charged with first degree murder, the jury returned its verdict finding him guilty of murder of the second degree, and he was sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. He brings the case to this court by writ of error, seeking a reversal of the judgment.

Herein we shall refer to the plaintiff in error as defendant.

The evidence introduced on behalf of the people discloses that about two o’clock in the morning of Sunday, September 29, 1952, defendant fired two shots from his 30.06 rifle at an automobile in which…