McClung v. Commonwealth

The trial court entered judgment on the jury’s verdict convicting Mary Louise McClung of murder in the second degree and sentencing her to five years in the penitentiary. The jury heard instructions on first degree murder, second degree murder, and self-defense. The sole question before us is whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant an instruction on voluntary manslaughter requested by the defendant.

Defendant testified that she and her “boss”, Richard Davis, had been engaged to be married for approximately two years; that Davis had struck her during public quarrels; that twice he…