STATE v. BEAL

No. 5337.

234 P.2d 331 (1951)

55 N.M. 382

STATE v. BEAL.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

July 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caswell F. Neal, Carlsbad, for appellant.

Joe L. Martinez, Atty. Gen., Walter R. Kegel, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


LUJAN, Chief Justice.

An information was filed against Charlie Beal in Eddy County charging him with the murder of Lynn Taylor, and upon the trial was found guilty of second degree murder. This appeal is from the judgment and sentence entered upon the verdict so returned.

The evidence for the state tended to show that the deceased, a fifteen-year-old high school student, together with three other companions of his age set out to celebrate Halloween night,...

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