State v. Jukich

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, J.:

Appellant was convicted of the crime of murder of the first degree, and the penalty of death was imposed. He appeals from the judgment and order denying his motion !for a new trial. The grounds urged on this appeal for a reversal of the judgment may be grouped under three heads, namely, insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of murder of the first degree; incompetency of counsel who represented appellant in the court below; and, misdirection of the jury by the court. These will be considered in the order stated.

On the 14th day of February, 1925, at…