McClanahan v. State

JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.

I, Appellant Patricia McClanahan was convicted by a Scott County jury of manslaughter and abuse of a corpse, for which she was sentenced to consecutive terms of 120 months and 72 months, respectively. McClanahan does not challenge her manslaughter conviction; her sole point on appeal is that the circuit court abused its discretion in denying her motion to dismiss the abuse-of-a-corpse charge. McClana-han asserts that her prosecution for abuse of a corpse was barred by the three-year statute of limitations.

McClanahan originally appealed her conviction for abuse of a…