Hall v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellant was charged with the first degree murder in the shooting of her former husband, Charles Hall. The jury found her guilty of voluntary manslaughter and imposed a seven-year sentence. The principal points for reversal relate to the admissibility of the defendant’s confession and the manner in which the panel of petit jurors was selected.

In the course of an argument the defendant shot Hall twice at her home in Newport. She immediately telephoned for the police and an ambulance. When the police arrived she went outside and told them that she had shot Hall…