Clenney v. State

Marshall, Chief Justice.

Lennie Merle Clenney appeals from her conviction of malice murder, for which she was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 We affirm.

1. The appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to sustain her conviction.

Seven months before the 49-year-old appellant divorced her second husband, Ray Clenney, who was in prison, the 69-year-old victim, Noble Brown, a former prison mate of Ray’s, commenced a 14-month live-in relationship with the appellant. Although the appellant testified that the relationship was platonic, the state introduced 10 love…