State v. Brown

Defendant shot and killed her husband and was indicted for murder. Upon trial she was convicted of murder without capital punishment and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. She appealed from the verdict and sentenpe.

The errors complained of are set out in eight bills of exception, which we dispose of in the order presented.

1. While a prospective juror was being examined on his voir dire, he was asked by counsel for defendant if he had any prejudice against the law of self-defense. The question was objected to by the state on the ground that the juror was not supposed to know the law…