Cullin v. State

RAPER, Justice.

The defendant-appellant was found guilty of second degree murder by a jury and sentenced to a penitentiary term of not less than 25 nor more than 35 years for the shooting death of Ronald Wayne Palmer on July 12, 1975. She raises several issues, rearranged in the order we shall dispose of them:

1. Was the court’s instruction on provocation proper in the light of the evidence?

2. Was the court’s instruction on intent proper?

*4483. Was the trial judge in error in refusing offered defense instructions covering the so-called Eagan rule, conduct and demeanor of the defendant after the…