State v. Sullivan

A jury found Mrs. Irene Sullivan guilty of murder in the first degree. She appeals from a judgment and sentence committing her to the state penitentiary for the remainder of her natural life.

Two days after defendant’s husband purportedly went fishing, she reported him missing. January 19, 1961, some four weeks later, Mr. Sullivan’s body and fishing gear were exhumed by members of the Snohomish county sheriff’s office from a flower bed on land occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan’s house trailer. Mr. Sullivan had been shot through the right temple.

In support of her contention that she did not…