[slang]

I was just reading Fox news online and spied the headline <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,78482,00.html" <a> Clara Harris Found Guilty of Murder </a>. After I got up off the floor from reading that she "hit him accidently" (ran over him *how many times*?), I saw the the phrase "sudden passion" that describes her excuse for running her husband down.

Now, dead is dead. The method of execution is irrelevant. Or is it?

What are the chances that a man could shoot and kill his wife and get off using the "sudden passion" defense? (this is not a plan slang is working up, just a survey)