State v. Stinson

CLARK, Chief Judge.

Darlene Stinson was charged with homicide and in a jury trial she was convicted of manslaughter in the slaying of her husband by use of a .32 caliber pistol. On this appeal she contends first that the trial court erred in overruling her motions for a judgment of acquittal and second, that it was error for the court to use MAI-CR2d 2.20 to instruct the jury on burden of proof. The judgment and sentence are affirmed.

The first point of alleged trial error is a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to establish that the slaying was not committed in self-defense by…