State v. Stevenson

BECTON, Judge.

From a judgment imposing a six-year sentence following her voluntary manslaughter conviction, the defendant, Sondra Stevenson, appeals. Defendant argues that the trial court erred by refusing to give defendant’s requested instruction that the defendant had no duty to retreat. We agree and grant defendant a new trial.

I

Defendant shot and killed William Curtis Albertson on 19 January 1985. Defendant and her husband, Michael Stevenson, began living in the apartment leased by the deceased man’s girlfriend, Kimberly Forehand, about five days before the shooting. They had moved their…