STATE v. BOOKER

No. 44,332

197 Kan. 13 (1966)

415 P.2d 411

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. EDNA MAE BOOKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Shultz, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Larry Kirby, of Wichita, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

A.J. Focht, Deputy County Attorney, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, and Keith Sanborn, County Attorney, were with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

KAUL, J.:

Edna Mae Booker was charged in the district court of Sedgwick County with the murder of her husband, James Booker, by shooting him with a pistol at 5 p.m. on March 8, 1965. She was tried by a jury and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, K.S.A. 21-407. She has appealed and complains principally of instructions given, instructions refused and the admission into evidence of certain Exhibits by the...

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