Woodhull v. State

On April 13, 1967, the plaintiff in error (hereinafter referred to as defendant) was charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery. Trial was had to a jury which on March 8, 1968, acquitted the defendant of first-degree murder and found him guilty of the third-degree murder of Nicholas Ruder. A motion to set aside the verdict, and in the alternative for a new trial, was heard and denied. The defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term of not more than twenty-five years.