Denied.
DIXON, C. J., concurs in the denial. The specific intent necessary for 2nd degree murder may be the intent to do great bodily harm. Relator admitted hitting the victim with his rifle, which "went off".
DENNIS, J., would grant an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the relator's plea of guilty was voluntary as to the specific intent element of second degree murder. See, Henderson v. Morgan,
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