State v. Barber

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

On 23 November 1999, a jury found Cindy Hammer Stevenson Barber (“defendant”) guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her husband, Tony Charles Stevenson (“decedent”). Evidence at trial tended to show the following: On the evening of 31 January 1996, defendant telephoned 911 emergency assistance and informed the dispatcher that decedent had shot himself. Responding to the call, Alexander County Sheriff’s Sergeant Arthur Duncan (“Sergeant Duncan”) arrived at defendant’s residence, where he discovered decedent lying in a recliner in the living room. Decedent was…