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WITT v. STATE

No. 94-69.

892 P.2d 132 (1995)

Dawn Rene WITT, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Deb Cornia, Appellate Counsel, and Tim Newcomb of Grant & Newcomb, Cheyenne, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia L. Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., D. Michael Pauling and Mary Beth Wolff, Senior Asst. Attys. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before GOLDEN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, TAYLOR and LEHMAN, JJ.

GOLDEN, Chief Justice.

Dawn Witt (Witt), who alleged she was a battered woman and acted in self-defense when she shot and killed her boyfriend, appeals her voluntary manslaughter conviction. Concerning the battered woman syndrome, she contends the district court erred by excluding expert testimony on her state of mind at the time of the shooting and failed to properly instruct the jury on the syndrome. She additionally challenges certain evidentiary rulings of the...

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