State v. Thibodeau

WOLLMAN, Justice.

Defendant was charged with the murder of his wife, Donna Thibode.au. He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental illness. He was found guilty of the charge by a jury, and was sentenced by the court to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. He appeals from the judgment of conviction. We affirm.

Defendant and Donna were married on or about September 1, 1972. This was Donna’s second marriage; she had a young daughter from her first marriage. The couple lived together, apparently uneventfully, until June of 1973, when the marital relationship began to break…