State v. Booker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Katjl, J.:

Edna Mae Booker was charged in the district court of Sedgwick County with the murder of her husband, James Booker, by shooting him with a pistol at 5 p. m. on March 8, 1965. She was tried by a jury and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, K. S. A. 21-407. She has appealed and complains principally of instructions given, instructions refused and the admission into evidence of certain Exhibits by the trial court.

A narration of events leading up to the homicide involves the stormy married life of the defendant and her deceased husband.

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