State v. Kauffman

— Defendant again 'appeals from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree, and a sentence of death resulting on a retrial following our remand of his case on a former appeal. His previous conviction was reversed primarily because he had not been afforded a reasonably sufficient opportunity to prepare and present his defense, although other alleged errors were examined by the court, and adjudged prejudicial. The sordid facts upon which the case against him rests, and upon which it was submitted to the jury are, in their essentials, the same as those detailed in the opinion written…