State v. Greenhaw

BILLINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant Terry Joe Greenhaw was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment for the shotgun slaying of his 16-year-old pregnant and estranged wife. We affirm. 1

Because of the nature of defendant’s various assignments of trial errors, it is necessary to set forth the facts in some detail even though the defendant only questions the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction insofar as it relates to his defense of mental disease or defect excluding responsibility.

Defendant, 21 years of age at time of trial in 1975, and Lee Ann Ayers were…