McKenna v. People

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated as defendant, seeks reversal of his conviction of first degree murder. In the information, he was charged with being an accessory to the death of one Harold Bechtelheimer, a highway patrolman, by the hand of one Valenzuela. Since the defendant neither testified, nor offered evidence in his own behalf, the factual situation presents no material conflict; however, we believe that a brief summation thereof should be set out in this opinion.

At about 10:30 o’clock p. m. on the evening of September 14, 1949, Officer Bechtelheimer was found dead in a state…