Betty Jean Dowd Simmons appeals from her conviction by a jury in the Circuit Court of Ohio County of second-degree murder, for which she was sentenced to serve an indeterminate period of five to eighteen years. In her petition, the defendant argues that the trial court erred: in appointing the State's psychiatrist, Dr. David Smith, and in admitting his testimony into evidence; in refusing to grant her instruction...
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