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SCHEIKOFSKY v. STATE

No. 5511.

636 P.2d 1107 (1981)

Sharron SCHEIKOFSKY, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schilling, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender Program; and Steven R. Helling, Legal Intern, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Laramie, signed the brief on behalf of appellant. Steven R. Helling appeared in oral argument.

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. and Mark P. Higgins, Legal Intern, Cheyenne, signed the brief on behalf of appellee. Gerald A. Stack and Mark P. Higgins appeared in oral argument on behalf of appellee.

Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.

BROWN, Justice.

The State brought appellant Sharron Scheikofsky to trial on the charge of second-degree murder of Lowell Scheikofsky, her husband. A jury convicted appellant of voluntary manslaughter, and the trial court sentenced her to ten to fifteen years in prison. Appellant appeals her conviction and sentence. She asserts that the trial court erred in the instructions it gave concerning her theory of the case —...

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