Legal Opinion
State v. Crudup
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 10, 1974No. 731-3PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcInturff, J.
— Defendant was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of her husband John Crudup. She appeals from a verdict of guilty of the crime of manslaughter.
John Crudup was killed by a single bullet to the head on October 29,1971. Defendant claimed decedent had produced a gun after an argument and while she struggled with it, the gun discharged twice, the second shot hitting decedent. Autopsy of the victim revealed a blood-alcohol reading of .25 percent.
State’s witness Dexter (Don) Lincoln, an individual found “passed out” from the effects of alcohol at the scene of…
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