State v. Brown

GREENE, Judge.

Norma Jean Brown (defendant) appeals from her conviction of voluntary manslaughter, entered on 28 April 1993 in the Criminal Ses*240sion of the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, Durham County. This conviction comes after defendant’s trial for first degree murder. As a result of the conviction, defendant was sentenced to six years in prison.

The evidence at trial reveals that defendant stabbed her husband, Jerry Brown (Brown) on 9 July 1992, which wound resulted in the death of Brown. The stabbing occurred in the home where the parties resided.

The evidence viewed in…