State v. Kelsey

CROCKETT, Justice:

The defendant, Stewart Michael Kelsey, was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree for beating to death Raymond Douglas Eagle, a 3i/£-year-old child, left in his care at defendant’s mother’s home near Eighth West and Second North in Salt Lake City on the afternoon of November 27, 1972. Prior to his trial he underwent psychiatric evaluation which resulted in the report that he was competent; and that he was able to stand trial and assist in his defense. The defendant and his counsel made the request that, even though the charge was first-degree murder, he be…