Legal Opinion
Bowker v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided July 5, 1962No. 132PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOND, Justice.
Regina Bowker shot her husband on April 24, 1959, following marital difficulties. He died as a result of the gunshot wounds three days later. She was indicted and tried for first degree murder, and found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree. On this appeal Mrs. Bowker (who will hereafter be referred to as the “defendant”) presents several questions for review — the principal one relating to her defense of insanity.
1. Insanity.
The defendant claimed that when she shot her husband she was insane and didn’t know what she was doing. She took the witness stand in her own…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Charles W. Douglas v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Comer Blocker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Milton R. Dusky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Holloway v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Lankford v. International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- State v. HuberSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
- Adams v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2011
- Nordin Construction Company v. City of NomeAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
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