BROOM, Justice, for the Court:
Manslaughter conviction (upon an indictment charging her with the murder of her husband) and a twenty year penitentiary sentence resulted from appellant's (Petty's) trial in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County. We affirm.
Appellant argues that: (1) State's Instruction No. 3 was error; (2) the lower court should have applied the Weathersby Rule; and (3) the verdict was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.
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