Zuber v. State

ZEHMER, Judge.

This case is a tragic story which almost defies belief. Rebecca Marie Zuber (known as Becky) was charged with the first degree murder of her father. The state presented evidence which convinced the jury that Miss Zuber, a 16 year old child, persuaded her young friend, Jerry Clenny, the codefendant who actually shot Mr. Zu-ber with a 12 gauge shot gun, to kill her father, for which she apparently agreed to pay him a substantial sum of money. She was convicted as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Miss Zuber appeals, raising two points. First, she argues that the court’s…