BOWKER v. STATE

No. 132.

373 P.2d 500 (1962)

Regina Teresa BOWKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Butcher, Anchorage, for appellant.

James C. Merbs, Dist. Atty., Dorothy Awes Haaland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and AREND, Justices.


DIMOND, Justice.

Regina Bowker shot her husband on April 24, 1959, following marital difficulties. He died as a result of the gunshot wounds three days later. She was indicted and tried for first degree murder, and found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree. On this appeal Mrs. Bowker (who will hereafter be referred to as the "defendant") presents several questions for review — the principal one relating...

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