State v. Freeman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

The appellant, Barbara Ann Freeman, was convicted by a jury of murder in the second degree in the death of her husband on November 20, 1976. This crime is set out in Article 34, Section 02 of Chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and is commonly known as an Article 34 crime. She fired eight bullets from a handgun into the body of her drunken husband after he had attempted to hit her. She was given a sentence of five years to life, which is the least sentence permissible for such crime under K.S.A. 21-4501(b). Probation was requested…