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PEOPLE v. POWELL

83 A.D.2d 719 (1981)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Bernadette Powell, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 23, 1981

The defendant Bernadette Powell was charged with fatally shooting her ex-husband on July 9, 1978. Defendant and decedent, Herman Smith, were married April 18, 1970. Their son, Trozell, was born in February, 1972 and the family resided in Vestal, New York. Defendant and others testified at trial that approximately two years after their marriage, Mr. Smith began to drink excessively and to physically abuse defendant. As a result,...

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