REED, J.
Defendant Pearlie Mae Dixon's Pierce County Superior Court conviction of second-degree murder must be reversed because the prosecuting attorney persisted in asking if she had previously been convicted of prostitution when in fact, that conviction had been reversed.
On September 26, 1975, defendant shot and killed her husband. At trial defendant contended she had acted in self-defense. The State's case rested primarily on the testimony of an investigating...
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