STATE v. WAUGH

No. 10059.

127 N.W.2d 429 (1964)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Beverly WAUGH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

April 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Masten, Canton, for defendant and appellant.

Frank L. Farrar, Atty. Gen., Alfred E. Dirks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, H. L. Hollmann, State's Atty., Chamberlain, for plaintiff and respondent.


RENTTO, Judge.

Beverly Waugh was arraigned on an information charging her with the crime of murder in the death of one Myron Menzie. To this she entered a plea of not guilty and an additional plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. She appeals from the judgment entered on October 3, 1962 sentencing her to life imprisonment. The sufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict is not questioned. Her...

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