STATE v. CLARK

No. 15303.

297 S.E.2d 849 (1982)

STATE of West Virginia v. Nina Johnson CLARK.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Catsonis, Charleston, Harvey D. Peyton, Nitro, for appellant.

James E. Roark, Pros. Atty., Frances W. McCoy, Asst. Pros. Atty., Charleston, for appellee.


McGRAW, Justice:

Nina Johnson Clark appeals from a conviction of first-degree murder rendered against her in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. She contends that the trial court committed reversible error by giving an improper self-defense instruction.

I.

The appellant was charged with shooting John C. Wood to death June 20, 1980, at her trailer in St. Albans. Although Wood was married at the time of his death, it was claimed that he and the appellant...

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