STATE v. SCHEELER

No. 32728.

45 Wn.2d 661 (1954)

277 P.2d 341

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. LEE F. SCHEELER, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

December 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simmons & Yates, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll and Murray B. Guterson, for respondent.


OLSON, J.

Defendant was charged by information, in statutory language, with the crime of murder in the second degree. Allegedly, the victim was mortally wounded by a bullet from a revolver fired by defendant. Self-defense was pleaded. The jury found defendant guilty of the included offense of manslaughter, and he has appealed from the judgment entered upon that verdict.

The evidence shows that the victim and his wife had separated, and that she had started...

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