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STATE v. PUTNAM

No. 13258.

205 S.E.2d 815 (1974)

STATE of West Virginia v. Edna C. PUTNAM.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodwin, Goodwin, Bryan & Lobert, Stephen P. Goodwin, Charleston, for plaintiff in error.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Richard E. Hardison, Deputy Atty. Gen., Betty L. Caplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant in error.

NEELY, Justice:

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Jackson County entered upon a jury verdict which found the defendant guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. The evidence indicates that on August 4, 1971, the defendant, Edna C. Putnam, shot her husband, Harry S. Putnam, at their home in a rural section of Jackson County.

The evidence is uncontroverted that the deceased, when drinking, often physically abused the defendant...

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