Lee v. United States

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellant was convicted in the lower court of murder in the second degree. This appeal is from the judgment which followed conviction. A number of assignments of error were made but on appeal they were consolidated into three contentions, each of which involves the question whether appellant could properly be convicted of second degree murder, in the light of the facts and the applicable law. Careful consideration of both results in the conclusion that the conviction and judgment were proper.

On the evening of September 2, 1938, appellant and another person were…