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WARD v. STATE

No. BA-358.

470 So.2d 100 (1985)

Sharon WARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Paul Thompson, DeFuniak Springs, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLS, Judge.

Ward appeals from her conviction for second-degree murder, alleging that the trial court erred in rejecting expert testimony on the "battered wife syndrome." We affirm.

Ward intended to present the testimony of two expert witnesses at trial. The first was to describe Ward's psychological traits as gleaned from an examination made after the murder. The second would then discuss the syndrome. The court refused to

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