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ALLEN v. STATE

No. 12496.

647 P.2d 389 (1982)

Mary Frances ALLEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Dunseath, Public Defender, Michael B. McDonald and N. Patrick Flanagan, Deputy Public Defenders, Reno, for appellant.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Calvin R.X. Dunlap, Dist. Atty., and Richard F. Cornell and Edward B. Horn, Deputy Dist. Attys., Reno, for respondent.

OPINION

GUNDERSON, Chief Justice:

A jury convicted Mary Frances Allen of attempted second-degree murder for shooting her boyfriend, Roger Griffey. At the time of the shooting, Mary and Roger were transcontinental truck drivers. Mary had accepted employment as Roger's relief driver hoping to improve a two-year relationship marked by Roger's violent outbursts of temper. One of their trips took the couple to "Boomtown," a popular Nevada truckstop, where the...

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