STATE v. RILEY

No. 23998.

500 S.E.2d 524 (1997)

201 W.Va. 708

STATE of West Virginia, Appellee, v. Betty Olivia RILEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 16, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Victor S. Woods, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellee.

Robert Wilkinson, Kimberly Campbell, Huntington, for Appellant.


PER CURIAM:1

Appellant Betty Olivia Riley (hereinafter "Appellant") appeals her second degree murder conviction in Cabell County, contending that she had been abused by the victim and that she should have been permitted to more fully develop the battered woman's syndrome as a defense. She also contends that several comments by the State were prejudicial, that jury instructions offered by the...

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