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COM. v. ROSE

725 S.W.2d 588 (1987)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Movant, v. Mary Jane Keffer ROSE, Respondent. Mary Jane Keffer ROSE, Cross/Movant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Cross/Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Armstrong, Atty. Gen., Joseph R. Johnson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ian Sonego, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pikeville, for movant, cross/respondent.

Armand I. Judah, Frockt & Klingman, Louisville, for respondent, cross/movant.

LEIBSON, Justice.

Respondent, Mary Jane Keffer Rose, was convicted in Pike Circuit Court of Manslaughter II, "wantonly caus[ing] the death of another person," and sentenced to five years. At trial her defense was that she had killed in self-protection, bolstered by evidence that she was a battered wife suffering from a so-called "Battered Wife Syndrome."

The shooting occurred in a house trailer occupied by the respondent...

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