People v. Cornelison

PIERCE, Judge.

Defendant was charged with and convicted of second degree murder. He appeals and we affirm.

Testimony at trial disclosed that defendant was employed by his victim as a sheepherder and that defendant lived in a small trailer on land which had been rented as pasture land for the sheep. On the day of the killing, the victim was called by the owner of the land and was told that no one was tending the sheep. The victim and his wife then drove to the site to investigate.

The victim’s wife testified that the victim went to defendant’s trailer and when he returned he told her that…