MARSHALL, Justice.
The defendant, Elaine Mullis, appeals from her conviction of murder and life sentence.
1. The appellant's version of the evidence is that her husband, the victim, had beaten her on previous occasions; and that, just prior to the homicide, he had slapped her face, hit her on the head with a can or bottle, threatened to kill her, crashed her head into a wall, grabbed her by the throat, and engaged in a struggle, during which the knife she...
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