People v. Teague

The defendant was convicted of manslaughter in the death by stabbing of her former husband, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. In her application to this Court, the defendant raises several questions. We reach only one, and conclude that evidence of a prior assault by the defendant on the deceased was improperly admitted in rebuttal. We reverse the defendant’s conviction and remand the case to the circuit court for a new trial.

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The defendant stabbed 1 her former husband in the kitchen of a restaurant that she operated, and he died a short time later. There were no other witnesses to the…