STATE v. KUMP

No. 2708

76 Wyo. 273 (1956)

301 P.2d 808

THE STATE OF WYOMING, Plaintiff and Respondent vs. FRANK KUMP, Defendant and Appellant

Supreme Court of Wyoming

September 25, 1956


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant and appellant the cause was submitted upon the brief of Ernest L. Newton and L.A. Crofts, both of Lander, Wyoming, and Goppert & Fitzstephens of Cody, Wyoming, and oral argument by Mr. Ernest J. Goppert and Mr. Newton.

For the plaintiff and respondent the cause was submitted upon the brief of George F. Guy, Attorney General; Robert H. McPhillamey, Deputy Attorney General; Howard B. Black, Walter J. Muir, Arthur F. Fisher, Assistant Attorneys General; and W.A. Smith, former county and prosecuting attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Black and Mr. Smith.

Heard before Blume, C.J. and Harnsberger and Parker, J.J.


OPINION

Mr. Chief Justice BLUME delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case the defendant Frank Kump was charged with murder in the second degree for killing Helen A. Kump, his wife, on February 20, 1954. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 8 to 12 years. From this conviction and sentence, he has appealed.

The defendant was born in Austria on December 24, 1900. He came to Shoshoni, Wyoming, in 1921...

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