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FISHER v. STATE

182 A.2d 333 (1962)

Margaret Holben FISHER, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. The STATE of Delaware, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

June 4, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Hughes, III, Dover, for appellant.

Howard T. Ennis, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State.

SOUTHERLAND, C. J., WOLCOTT, J., and STIFTEL, Judge, sitting.

WOLCOTT, Justice.

The defendant was indicted for first degree murder by reason of the death of her husband from cyanide poison administered by her. The jury acquitted her of first degree murder but convicted her of second degree murder. She appeals.

Three questions are presented by the appeal. These are:

1. Was it error for the trial judge to permit, over objection, and subsequently refuse to strike testimony as to prior illnesses of the deceased which...

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