Badgley v. State

These are separate appeals from judgments convicting each appellant of murder in the first degree entered upon the verdict so finding each appellant guilty and fixing the penalty at death.

On February 6, 1947, the grand jury of Lake County returned a joint indictment against both appellants for the first degree murder of John Gerka on the 11th day of January, 1947. Counsel was appointed for each appellant before arraignment, and to the indictment each entered a plea of not guilty. The venue of the cause was changed from Lake County to Jasper County, upon the granting of the verified motion for…