SHEPARD, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of voluntary manslaughter. The principal issue is the claim of former jeopardy presented by the classic hornbook facts. Appellant Brusseau, upon a plea of guilty, was convicted of assault with intent to murder; approximately one month later the victim died and appellant was then charged with murder in the first degree.
On October 4, 1971 during an altercation in Lewiston, Idaho, defendant-appellant...
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