State v. Canfield

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Melvin Canfield was convicted of murder in the second degree for shooting and killing Douglas Holland at 649 South Sth East, Salt Lake City, at about 9 o’clock p. m. on -the night of Máy 10, 1965. He seeks reversal of his conviction on the grounds that the evidence does not show the intent necessary to constitute second-degree mur der; that the court erred in submitting that offense to the jury; and that it committed error in rulings on evidence.

Defendant's case is presented in the all-too-common manner of defense counsel: arguing from his own theory of the evidence…