McKee v. State

BUSSEY, Judge.

Virginia McKee, defendant below, was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, with the slaying of her husband Thomas McKee. The jury found her guilty of Manslaughter in the First Degree and fixed her punishment at six years in the State Penitentiary.

Thereafter, timely appeal was perfected to this court. From the record, it appears that the defendant and the deceased had been married about 15½ years prior to the date of the homicide herein involved.

The testimony discloses that considerable strife had existed between the parties immediately…