State v. Sickler

WESTHUES, Judge.

This is a proceeding to vacate a judgment of conviction. In April, 1946, Charles Sickler was convicted in the Jackson County Circuit Court on a charge of murder in the first degree committed during the perpetration of a robbery. Three other men were also charged with the same offense. They were Clinton Brown, Leroy D. Crist, and Dudley Knudson. (These three are sometimes referred to as Clifton Brown, Charles Leroy Crist, and Dudley Knudsen.) A severance was granted and at a trial a jury found Sickler guilty and assessed his punishment at death. A motion for a new trial was…