Nygren v. State

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Billie Nygren was tried in the superior court on a charge of manslaughter 1 for the unlawful killing of her husband, Per Ny-gren. A jury found her guilty and she was sentenced to eight years imprisonment with five years suspended. She appeals the conviction and the sentence imposed.

Per Nygren died on February 17, 1978 from a knife wound in his neck. Both he and his wife had been drinking that afternoon, and when Mrs. Nygren persisted, over his objections, in making repeated phone calls to the home of his son by his former marriage, Per Nygren struck her and a fight…