Sedlak v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Yolanda Adame Sedlak was convicted of felony murder in the stabbing death of her husband, Robert Sedlak.* 1 Her defense at trial was justification based on battered person syndrome. On appeal, she challenges several aspects of the jury charge, and she asserts that she was denied effective assistance of trial counsel. Finding no *747reversible error, we affirm.

A neighbor placed a 911 call to report a stabbing at the mobile home occupied by the Sedlaks. The officers arrived at the Sedlaks’ residence to find the victim on the floor in the master bedroom. He had been stabbed several…