Thompson v. State

BUSSEY, Judge.

Plaintiff in Error, Estella Thompson, hereinafter referred to as defendant was charged with the offense of murder in the District Court of Nowata County, Oklahoma. She was tried by a jury and found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and her punishment was fixed at 6 years in the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma. From this judgment and sentence she has perfected a timely appeal to this court. Briefly the facts presented by the state are that sheriff Arch Sequichie received a call from Estella Thompson. She stated: “I shot Freddie,” and that she further stated…