STATE v. BILLINGTON

No. 36,119.

241 Minn. 418 (1954)

STATE v. ROBERT BILLINGTON.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoffmann, Donahue & Graff and Joseph A. Rheinberger, for appellant.

J.A.A. Burnquist, Attorney General, Lowell J. Grady, Assistant Attorney General, and George E. Sausen, County Attorney, for respondent.


DELL, CHIEF JUSTICE.

Defendant was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree. After an order denying his motion for a new trial, he appealed from the judgment.

On May 7, 1952, defendant shot William Hoffman with a 22-caliber rifle. The bullet entered the forehead and penetrated the brain. Hoffman died the following day. Defendant was indicted for the crime of murder in the second degree, and the trial resulted in his conviction.

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