Lawrence v. State

*244OPINION:By the Court,

Eather, J.:

This is an appeal taken by the defendant below from judgment of conviction of the crime of murder in the first degree and from sentence of life imprisonment.

■On March 3, 1954, on a street in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, defendant shot her former husband, Phare Lawrence, and 13 days later, following medical and surgical treatment, he died.

Two defenses were asserted at trial and are reflected in this appeal. First, defendant contends' that thé State failed to establish that the bullet wound wás the cause of death. This contention is based upon the fact that…