State v. LeMay

Indicted for the crime of murder, defendant was tried by a jury, convicted of the lesser crime of manslaughter, 1 and sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment not to exceed ten years. On appeal defendant raises two questions requiring discussion: (1) Did the trial court err when it refused to exclude incriminating evidence seized by Canadian authorities from defendant’s automobile while it was located in Canada? (2) Was evidence of a crime other than that charged by the indictment in this case improperly presented to the jury? 2

Late in the afternoon of June 4, 1975, a five-year-old…