State v. Gordon

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

This case was tried on an amended information charging defendant with first degree murder in conventional form and also alleging defendant’s conviction of a prior felony. The jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder under an instruction setting forth the elements of felony murder. Under the provisions of the Second Offender Act, the imposition of sentence rested with the judge, who assessed life imprisonment. Defendant appeals.

From the evidence the jury could have reasonably found the following facts. In the early morning hours of September 29, 1978, the…