Springer v. Commonwealth

COOPER, Justice.

Ernest Springer was killed by a single gunshot wound to his left temple while asleep in his bed during the early morning hours of May 21,1995. His wife, Kimberly Springer, and his wife’s sister, Alexandra Eades, were jointly charged with his murder. On the day of the murder, Eades confessed to police that she fired the fatal shot and Springer confessed to being an accomplice. At trial, Springer claimed she shot and killed her husband because of physical and sexual abuse which he had inflicted upon her, and because of his threat to sexually abuse her daughter. Eades denied any…