Legal Opinion
State v. BRAASCH
Utah Supreme Court
Decided March 24, 1951No. 7504PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WADE, Justice.
*452■ Defendants, Verne Alfred Braaseh and Melvin LeRoy Sullivan were convicted of first-degree murder of Howard Manzione, a Standard Oil Service station attendant, at Beaver City, Utah, on October 22, 1949, and were sentenced to pay the death penalty. At the time of the killing Braaseh was 24 years of age and Sullivan 19. By this appeal, they question the validity of their convictions because the State failed to furnish them with counsel until after they were arraigned in the district court. They also claim prejudicial error in the court’s instructions.
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