Koedatich v. State

Appellant-defendant, James J. Koedatich, appeals from a judgment of conviction of second degree murder and sentence of twenty years based upon a jury verdict of guilty.

The record on appeal reveals that after arriving at his apartment, the decedent, Robert J. Anderson, allegedly made sexual advances toward his roommate, Koedatich. An argument occurred and defendant killed Anderson. Defendant told the story of the argument and the killing to one Marie Carr and she then related the incident to Frank Morris, a friend of Koeda-tich. Morris went to defendant’s apartment where he observed the…