State v. Rand

Defendant appealed from a judgment of conviction for second degree murder with sentence of 25 years imprisonment.

No point is raised on appeal regarding the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. According to the defendant’s statement of the facts, adopted 'by the State, defendant and his wife occupied a basement apartment in the residence of Beulah Aernouts, but were allowed free access to the entire house. On May 22, 1971, defendant and Arnold Wells and William Thomas, both of whom were friends of Mrs. Aernouts, were seated in her kitchen. Defendant refused a drink offered by…