Paseo v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court, Big Horn County; Hon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The verdict of the jury is not sustained by evidence and is contrary to law. (1) Because there is no' evidence of premeditation. (2) Because there is not sufficient evidence to sustain a verdict of guilty in any degree.
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ERROR to the District Court, Big Horn County; Hon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The verdict of the jury is not sustained by evidence and is contrary to law. (1) Because there is no' evidence of premeditation. (2) Because there is not sufficient evidence to sustain a verdict of guilty in any degree. The defendant and the deceased never met until the afternoon when the defendant went into his saloon, so that there could have been nothing personal to influence the defendant prior to his entering the saloon. The theory of a hold-up is untenable…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Chiee Justice.
The plaintiff in error, Lorenzo Paseo, was convicted in the district court of Big Horn county of the crime of murder in'the first degree for the killing of one Charles Cole, and was sentenced to be hanged. Erom that judgment he brings the case here on error.
The case has been submitted in this court on briefs without oral argument, and the greater part of the brief of. counsel for plaintiff in error is devoted to a discussion of the evidence; it being urged that the evidence is insufficient *349to support the verdict and judgment. The defense was self-defense. Prom the…
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