Ortega v. State

BROWN, Justice.

Following the death of his wife, a jury convicted appellant of murder in the second degree as that crime was defined in § 6-4-104, W.S.1977, now § 6-2-104, W.S.1977 (June 1983 replacement). Appellant challenges his conviction on two grounds. First, he contends that unconstitutionally seized evidence was improperly used against him at his trial. Second, he argues that the introduction of a neighbor’s testimony concerning a domestic quarrel between appellant and his wife, occurring two months before her death, was prejudicial error.

We affirm.

On the night of August 10, 1982,…