Parnell v. State

Appellant was tried in the Circuit Court of Scott County on an indictment charging her with the murder of her husband. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged, but disagreed as to her punishment, and she was accordingly sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for life. She prosecutes this appeal, assigning as error (1) that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction, (2) that the court erred in refusing her request to permit the jury to view the scene of the homicide, and (3) that the court erred in refusing two instructions requested by the appellant. We have…