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STATE v. SMITH

No. 5242.

216 P.2d 921 (1950)

STATE v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caswell S. Neal, Carlsbad, for appellant.

Joe L. Martinez, Attorney General, W.R. Kegel, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

McGHEE, Justice.

The appellant was tried on an information charging him with murdering his wife by strangling and choking her to death. The charges of murder in the first degree, second degree, voluntary and involuntary manslaughter were submitted to the jury and a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter was returned.

The defense was principally based on the claim that the deceased committed suicide, or died as...

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