Terrell v. State

The only question presented on this appeal from Eugene Terrell’s conviction for second-de gree murder is whether the evidence at trial justified the submission to the jury of a second-degree murder instruction and verdict. We conclude that it did, and we affirm the judgment entered by the court following the jury’s verdict of guilty. We also affirm the order that denied a motion for a new trial.

The charge, originally for first-degree murder, arose out of an argument at an “after-hours” drinking place in the City of Milwaukee. The evidence, based solely on two statements of the defendant, is…