State v. Knight

Defendant was convicted of second degree murder. He appeals from the judgment sentencing him to 20 years’ imprisonment, assigning errors of law in four particulars.

Defendant, a 19-year-old resident of Port Or-ford, Oregon, had been living part of the time with a 27-year-old woman. After they had quarreled and parted, he became jealous when she attended a party and paid attention to other men present at the party. The decedent was one of the men who had been at the party and received attention. Later the same day or early the following day, defendant borrowed a revolver from a friend.

Herman…