Ford v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting the appellant, Margaret Ford, of second-degree manslaugher and sentencing her to ten years’ imprisonment. Although the appellant raises several substantive issues on appeal, the principal issue is whether the trial court erred, as a matter of law, in instructing the jury. Reviewing the record below, we reverse.

Without reciting all of the facts giving rise to this action, the issue before this Court is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on both murder and second-degree manslaughter given the appellant’s defense of…