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STATE v. RIZER

No. 10CA3.

2011 Ohio 5702

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paula S. Rizer, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fourth District, Meigs County.

RELEASED October 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Young , State Public Defender; Craig M. Jaquith , Assistant State Public Defender; and Melissa Prendergast , Assistant State Public Defender, Columbus, Ohio, for appellant.

Colleen S. Williams , Meigs County Prosecutor, and Matthew Donahue , Meigs County Assistant Prosecutor, Pomeroy, Ohio, for appellee.

DECISION AND JUDGMENT ENTRY

HARSHA, P.J.

{¶1} A jury found Paula Rizer guilty of one count of murder with a firearm specification based upon an incident in which Mrs. Rizer purportedly shot and killed her husband, Kenneth Rizer. Mrs. Rizer claimed that she suffered from battered-woman syndrome and shot her husband in self-defense. She now appeals her conviction and sentence.

{¶2} Mrs. Rizer contends that the trial...

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