Morton v. United States

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Alice Morton, was found guilty and convicted of murder in the second degree. The testimony of one government witness clearly establishes that when she came to the home of the victim, David Stephens, she had a gun in her possession. After showing the gun to the aforesaid witness and asking to see Stephens, the testimony further demonstrates that Stephens, who had gone in to see her, asked her to leave, that she stepped out, and that as he was .attempting to shut the French door which separated his apartment from the hall, two shots were fired through the…