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STATE v. KELLY

No. 49584-0.

102 Wn.2d 188 (1984)

685 P.2d 564

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. IVY GAIL KELLY, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Henry Browne, David R. Wohl, and Browne, Ressler & Foster, for petitioner.

Seth Dawson, Prosecuting Attorney, Larry E. McKeeman, Chief Criminal Deputy, and S. Aaron Fine, Deputy, for respondent.

Rosemary P. Bordlemay on behalf of Northwest Women's Law Center, amicus curiae for petitioner.

STAFFORD, J.

Petitioner, Ivy Gail Kelly, appeals her conviction for second degree murder. The State did not object, at trial or on appeal, to expert testimony on the applicability of the "battered woman syndrome" as explanatory of petitioner's actions under a claim of self-defense. The issue before us is whether evidence of petitioner's alleged prior aggressive acts is properly admissible to rebut such expert testimony....

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