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STATE v. MATHIS

No. 1227.

92 Ariz. 194 (1962)

375 P.2d 388

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Cora Bell MATHIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

October 17, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stidham & McGrath, Phoenix, for appellant.

Robt. W. Pickrell, Atty. Gen., and Stirley Newell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles N. Ronan, Maricopa County Attorney, and Lawrence C. Cantor, Sp. Deputy County Atty., for appellee.

UDALL, Vice Chief Justice.

The defendant, Cora Bell Mathis, was convicted of the crime of voluntary manslaughter in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Arizona. The charging part of the information alleges that defendant "* * * on or about the 1[st] day of April, 1961 * * * in the County of Maricopa, State of Arizona, did then and there, wilfully, unlawfully, and feloniously, kill one BERNARD MATHIS, a human being, upon a sudden heat of passion * * *."

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