State v. Michael

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

The sole question before this Court concerns abuse of discretion in denying probation on grounds of the nature of the offense and the deterrence value of the sentence.

Defendant, Esther Sue Michael, had been married and divorced to both John Melson, who fathered defendant’s daughter, and Donald Michael. On March 1,1979, defend ant was at the home of her first ex-husband, John Melson, when her second ex-husband, Donald Michael, appeared at the house. Defendant, apprehensive of some altercation, left the residence but was returning to retrieve her purse when she heard two…