KIRKLEY v. STATE

No. 55S00-8605-CR-457.

527 N.E.2d 1116 (1988)

Millicent KIRKLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Carpenter, Public Defender, M.E. Tuke, Deputy Public Defender, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Jay Rodia, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Justice.

Appellant was charged with First Degree Murder. A jury trial resulted in a conviction of Voluntary Manslaughter, a Class B felony. She received an enhanced sentence of fifteen (15) years.

The facts are: Appellant and her husband had a stormy marriage which produced two children. They also had maintained a home for the husband's child from a prior marriage. Throughout the marriage the husband had committed various acts of infidelity and was...

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