Wright v. State

LAWSON, Justice.

The appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree by a grand jury of Jefferson County, Alabama, and after trial upon said indictment was convicted of murder in the second degree. Her punishment was fixed by the jury at imprisonment in the penitentiary of this state for a period of forty years. Judgment and sentence were in accord with the verdict.

Walter O. Wright, the husband of appellant died on October 5, 1947, as the result of a pistol wound which he received on the preceding night. The shooting took place in a cafe, sometimes referred to in the evidence as “Nick’s…