People v. Lewis

FORD,

J.—A jury found the defendant guilty of murder of the first degree and determined that the penalty should be imprisonment for life. The trial court denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial and sentenced him in accordance with the determination of the jury. The appeal is from the judgment and from the order denying the motion for a new trial.

The victim was Vivian Marie Musgrave. She lived alone in one of two apartments which were above garages in the rear of premises on which was located an apartment house. In the other apartment two sisters, Mrs. Beck and Mrs. McRae, resided. Mrs.…