Allen v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, C. J.:

A jury convicted Mary Frances Allen of attempted second-degree murder for shooting her boyfriend, Roger Griffey. At the time of the shooting, Mary and Roger were transcontinental truck drivers. Mary had accepted employment as Roger’s relief driver hoping to improve a two-year relationship marked by Roger’s violent outbursts of temper. One of their trips took the couple to “Boomtown,” a popular Nevada truckstop, where the incident giving rise to this case occurred.

Upon their arrival, Roger entered Boomtown’s casino and commenced to gamble. Mary protested,…