STATE v. ASHDOWN

No. 8456.

5 Utah 2d 59 (1956)

296 P.2d 726

STATE OF UTAH, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. MILDA HOPKINS ASHDOWN, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 30, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vernon Erickson, Richfield, for appellant.

E.R. Callister, Atty. Gen., Walter L. Budge, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


McDONOUGH, Chief Justice.

Milda Hopkins Ashdown was found guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of her husband, Ray Ashdown, by a jury which recommended life imprisonment. She appeals from the judgment entered in accordance with that verdict.

On July 5, 1955, Dr. R.G. Williams of Cedar City, Utah, received an emergency call from Mrs. Ashdown to attend her husband. When the doctor arrived, Mr. Ashdown was in a convulsive state and told the doctor...

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