Pinana v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

McNamee, C. J.:

Appellant by jury verdict was found guilty of murder in the first degree and the jury by its verdict fixed the penalty at confinement in the state prison for life without possibility of parole. Appeal is from the judgment based on said verdict and from the order denying a new trial.

On September 14, 1958, in the home of appellant and her husband in Reno, Nevada, appellant shot her husband. The shooting occurred at 8 o’clock in the morning after the parties had been out all night visiting several bars and consuming a number of drinks. Immediately preceding the…