STATE v. WARD


138 S.W.3d 245 (2003)

STATE of Tennessee v. Vernica Shabree WARD.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 30, 2003.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied June 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross E. Alderman, District Public Defender; Richard Tennent, Assistant Public Defender; C. Dawn Deaner, Assistant Public Defender; and Jeffrey Devasher, Assistant Public Defender, for the appellant, Vernica S. Ward.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Helena Walton Yarbrough, Assistant Attorney General; Victor S. Johnson III, District Attorney General; Katrin Miller, Assistant District Attorney General; and Brian Holmgren, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, the State of Tennessee.


Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court June 1, 2004.

OPINION

THOMAS T. WOODALL, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, J., joined. JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, J., filed a concurring opinion.

Defendant, Vernica Shabree Ward, appeals her conviction for second degree murder following a jury trial in the Davidson County Criminal Court. The victim was her daughter Stephanie Ward. Defendant was sentenced...

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