Washington v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, Shirlyne Washington, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged and tried in the District Court, Garvin County, Case No. CRF-73-341, for the offense of Second Degree Murder, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1973, § 701.2, ¶ 1. The jury found her guilty of the offense of First Degree Manslaughter in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 711, 2, and fixed her punishment at five (5) years’ imprisonment. From said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

Briefly stated, at the trial the State’s evidence in chief established that the victim,…