CAVANESS v. STATE

No. 2913

358 P.2d 355 (1961)

Lorin CAVANESS, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

January 10, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Allen Barber and Thomas J. Fagan, Casper, for appellant.

Norman B. Gray, Atty. Gen., and W.M. Haight, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BLUME, C.J., and PARKER and HARNSBERGER, JJ.


Mr. Justice PARKER delivered the opinion of the court.

The State charged in the District Court of Natrona County that Lorin Cavaness willfully, unlawfully, feloniously, purposely, maliciously, and with premeditation murdered Frank Berrigan on August 2, 1958. Defendant was tried by a jury, found guilty of second-degree murder, and sentenced to a term of not less than twenty nor more than twenty-one years in the penitentiary.

He has now appealed, charging as...

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