State v. Newman

WASSERSTROM, Judge.

Defendant was tried to a jury on a charge of first degree murder. The case was submitted on instructions covering felony murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, manslaughter and robbery in the first degree by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon. The jury found defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed his sentence at life imprisonment.

The events in question occurred on the late afternoon of April 30, 1976. At about 6:00 p. m. on that day, Lela Nolting, an employee of Nolting’s Department Store, was found dead inside the store by the cash…