State v. Jackson

The defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals.

The facts, as follows, are not in dispute.

On January 17, 1962, at about 3:30 p.m., the body of Patricia Jackson was found dead in the passenger seat of her 1961 Ford Thunderbird from a bullet shot through her left temple. The automobile was parked in front of Cabin No. 1 of the Link River Motel, Klamath Falls, within which the defendant lay in a drunken sleep. Lying under the defendant’s body was a .22 caliber Ruger revolver with one spent cartridge case.

The defendant had been arrested and jailed for drunken driving on…