Robinson v. State

Harwell, Chief Justice:

We granted petitioner Bertha M. Robinson’s petition for writ of certiorari to determine whether the postconviction relief (PCR) judge erred in finding that trial counsel’s performance was not deficient. Petitioner alleges that trial counsel did not properly present the battered woman’s syndrome in an effort to establish her claim of self-defense. We affirm.

I. FACTS

In the early morning hours of December 22,1979, petitioner shot her husband behind his right ear with a .22 caliber pistol while he slept. A jury found petitioner guilty of murder, and she was sentenced to…