Moody v. State

Bowles, Justice.

On November 19, 1977, Barbara Lee Moody, hereinafter the defendant, shot and killed the victim, a twelve-year-old boy, as he was leaning against her car. She was charged with murder. At the trial she defended the charge on the ground of insanity. Defendant was a former mental patient and had been previously institutionalized for her mental problems. Expert evidence at trial concerning defendant’s ability to distinguish between right and wrong at the time of the shooting was conflicting. Defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. She brings seven…