OPINION
BIVINS, Judge.
Defendant appeals from her conviction in a jury trial of voluntary manslaughter. Defendant killed her ex-husband, and then-companion, George Gallegos, by shooting him at close range while he was lying in bed and then stabbing him numerous times in the neck.
Based on a long history of physical and sexual abuse, defendant raised the "battered wife syndrome" as a basis for self-defense. At the close of the evidence, the court...
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