Legal aid and social work services, fear of poverty, guilt that they are in some Overriding desire to keep the family together, uncertainty over where to get They have endured repeated assaults because of an All too often these women have been ashamed ofīeing victims of spouse abuse. The assaults, then what was the use of seeking help? For many years this was the Her from further physical abuse and if there was no place to go to escape from Traditionally been reluctant to seek help. Psychologically destroyed by continuous, severe beatings that she has become anĮmotional cripple, unable to resist, unable to act, fearful of leaving,īelieving there is nowhere to turn and no one to help, unable to contemplateĭivorce or separation, who in utter desperation kills her husband. State, Wyo., 685 P.2d 1 (1984).Īppellant is a battered wife, i.e., a woman so physically, emotionally and Viewed in the light most favorable to the State.'' Grabill v. Of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt to be drawn by the jury when the evidence is Is not whether the evidence establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt for us,īut rather whether it is sufficient to form the basis for a reasonable inference Sufficient evidence to support a conviction, the jury's verdict of conviction If, after viewing the evidence in this light, there exists

Inferences therefrom to determine whether any rational trier of fact could haveįound, beyond a reasonable doubt, the elements of the crime necessary forĬonviction. In a light most favorable to the State, drawing all possible, reasonable

Our established rule that after conviction, on appeal, we view all the evidence Appellant contends she was aīattered wife who in self-defense shot and killed her husband. Presented for our review is whether there was sufficient evidence to sustainĪppellant's voluntary manslaughter conviction. Of Appellant's request for an attorney and her subsequent statements reversibleĬourt to refuse proffered jury instruction F.' Sentence of eight to ten years in the Wyoming Women's Center.Įvidence presented to the jury insufficient to sustain the conviction of Of manslaughter if he unlawfully kills any human being without malice, expressed Killing her husband, of voluntary manslaughter in violation of § 6-2-105(a)(i), Upon a charge of first-degree murder, appellant Carol Griffin was convicted, for Atty.īefore BROWN, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT Naylor, Appellate Counsel, for appellant.Ītty. McClain (argued), Deputy State Publicĭefender, Julie D.

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