Indicted for killing her three-year-old daughter, defendant Dianna Mickels Pugh was found guilty in a bench trial of murder of the second degree and sentenced to a term of 20 years' imprisonment. The principal issue on appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to support a finding of malice.
On July 15, 1980, about 3:00 p. m., the victim, Mary Elizabeth Pugh, was brought by ambulance from her...
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