State v. Riddel

WATSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant was indicted for the killing of his wife. Three separate counts charged, respectively, murder in its two degrees and voluntary manslaughter. The first trial resulted in a conviction of murder in the second degree. That judgment was reversed. State v. Riddel, 37 N. M. 148, 19 P.(2d) 751. That eliminated the count for murder in the first degree, and appellant was put to a second trial on the remaining counts. The present appeal is from a conviction of voluntary manslaughter.

At about S:30 p. m. of the day in question, sounds of a fight or struggle came from the…