Boykins v. State

995 P.2d 474 (2000)

Patricia Yvonne BOYKINS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Nevada, Respondent.

No. 29716.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

February 4, 2000.

Kenneth V. Ward, Public Defender, Lyon County, for Appellant.

Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, Carson City; Robert E. Estes, District Attorney, and John Paul Schleglemilch, Deputy District Attorney, Lyon County, for Respondent.

BEFORE THE COURT EN BANC.

OPINION

LEAVITT, J.

Appellant was charged with first degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon. She asserted self-defense and claimed that she suffered from battered woman syndrome. An expert…