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STATE v. STOKES

No. 46,982

215 Kan. 5 (1974)

523 P.2d 364

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ELVINA STOKES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester I. Lewis, of Lewis and Davis, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellant.

Larry D. Kirby, deputy district attorney, argued the cause, and Vern Miller, attorney general, Keith Sanborn, district attorney, and Stephen M. Joseph, of Wichita, were on the brief for the appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FOTH, C.:

This case stems from a domestic tragedy which opened with the marriage of the principal characters in 1969 and continued through three tumultuous years. The final scene was played out on a street corner in Wichita on the evening of May 17, 1972, where the defendant, Elvina Stokes, before an audience of numerous witnesses, shot her husband David three times. One bullet...

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