State v. Witherspoon

GEER, Judge.

Defendant Misty Keller Witherspoon appeals her first-degree murder conviction for the shooting death of her husband Quinn Witherspoon. Defendant’s sole argument on appeal is that the trial court should have excluded testimony using a mannequin’s head and a newly-purchased couch to refute defendant’s version of the events. Defendant contends that the evidence constituted an experiment conducted under conditions not substantially similar to those at the time of the actual shooting. We conclude, however, that the use of the evidence was a demonstration not requiring substantially…