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STATE OF OREGON v. KUHNHAUSEN

201 Or. 478 (1954)

266 P.2d 698

272 P.2d 225

STATE OF OREGON v. KUHNHAUSEN

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Argued on rehearing March 31, 1954.

Reversed February 10, 1954.

Former opinion withdrawn, conviction affirmed June 17, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Georgeff and Rivon E. Jones, of Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Winston L. Bradshaw, District Attorney, of Oregon City, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General, of Salem, and Walter J. Apley and Howard J. Blanding, Deputy District Attorneys, of Oregon City.

REVERSED.

TOOZE, J.

The defendant, Bonnie Lee Kuhnhausen, appeals from a judgment of conviction for the crime of murder in the second degree. She was sentenced to life imprisonment.

On January 18, 1952, defendant and one Elmer Dorsey Williams were arrested in Portland, Oregon, and placed in jail as suspects in the beating two days earlier of one Jalmar Tarkia. Tarkia died on January 19, 1952, as the direct result of the beating which he had received...

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