Black v. State

Nichols, Justice.

1. This appeal arises from the appellant’s conviction of the murder of her divorced husband. The evidence for the state authorized a finding that the deceased was shot four times, that after the deceased was shot the defendant beat him on the head with her shoe, and that the defendant was seen just a few minutes before the shooting looking for the deceased with a pistol in her hand and threatening to kill the deceased because of an assault on the defendant by the deceased the prior night. The evidence authorized the conviction.

2. On the trial of the case counsel for the…