State v. Fulford

Nelson, Justice.

Defendant, Luther William Fulford, appeals from a conviction of second-degree murder.

Shortly after 1 a. m. on February 4, 1969, police officers were summoned to the Glendale Apartment Hotel, 513% Wabasha, St. Paul. When they entered the building, they saw Richard Younghans seated, hunched over, on the stair landing of the second floor. Officer Warren Bostrom remained with Younghans to administer first aid, while Officer Richard Dugan, among others, went directly to defendant’s room on the third floor. The officers requested to be let in, and upon being told to get a passkey,…