State v. Alexander

*330OPINION

Defendant, who was informed against and tried for *331the first degree murder of Barbara Alexander, his wife, was convicted by a jury and adjudged guilty of .murder in second degree. He was sentenced to serve a term of not less than 45 years nor more than 65 years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $1,000 plus costs of prosecution amounting to $6,-435.56. Defendant appeals from that judgment and sentence.

In preamble to appellant’s argument, it is stressed that “because of the sensational elements of the crime defendant was accused of committing, he was denied a fair…