State v. Johnson

LARSON, Justice.

Defendant was convicted in the District Court of Millard County of the crime of murder in the second degree, and appeals. The facts pertinent to the appeal are as follows: Appellant on the night of February 1, 1937, gave birth to a baby boy. She testified that she was unattended, although her mother slept in the same room and her brother in an adjoining room. It was sub-zero weather; there had been no fire in the house since morning except for a few minutes to prepare the evening meal. It was a frame house; the room was uncarpeted and there were cracks under and about the…