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STATE v. AVERY

No. SC 85300.

120 S.W.3d 196 (2003)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Jamie AVERY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig A. Johnston, Office of the Public Defender, Columbia, for appellee.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Nicole E. Gorovsky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

Defendant Jamie Avery was convicted of second-degree murder and armed criminal action under section 565.021 and section 571.015.1 The judge sentenced her to two consecutive terms of thirty years imprisonment. On appeal, Ms. Avery claims that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on self-defense, defense of premises, and voluntary manslaughter. This Court agrees. Although Ms. Avery testified at...

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