Archie v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

In a jury trial, Barbara Jo Archie (Archie) was convicted of first degree murder for the death of Audra Kinder (Audra) and sentenced to life imprisonment. She contends: (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction, and (2) the trial court erred in limiting the testimony of Dr. Scott, a psychiatrist, regarding an interview with Archie during which she was sedated with sodium amytal. We find that sufficient evidence supports Archie’s conviction for first degree murder and that the trial court properly limited Dr. Morgan Scott’s testimony of the sodium amytal…