State v. Griffiths

*165SHEPARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of involuntary manslaughter after a jury trial. The charge, verdict and conviction arose out of defendant-appellant Thelma Griffiths’ admitted shooting of her husband with a .22 caliber handgun.

In April, 1976, Joe Griffiths arrived home late at night and an argument with appellant ensued. When Joe Griffiths went into a bedroom to change his clothes, the appellant followed and the argument continued during which Joe pushed the appellant. According to the appellant’s testimony, she opened an armoire intending to obtain her purse, but instead…