State v. Brown

COZORT, Judge.

Defendant Tonya Brown appeals from a judgment imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for the second degree murder of her husband. On 20 September 1994, we remanded the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on the testimony of Gina Russell, an ex-girlfriend of the victim. Defendant contends the trial court erred in excluding Russell’s testimony about her abusive relationship with defendant’s husband. Defendant contends the evidence would have been relevant to her knowledge of her husband’s history of violence and to her fear of him. After reviewing Russell’s…