Legal Opinion
State v. Edwards
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 2001No. WD 55243PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELLIS, Judge.
On July 24, 1996, Larna Edwards shot her husband, Bill Edwards, four times with a .38 caliber handgun. Mr. Edwards died from the wounds he received. As a result, the Caldwell County Prosecuting Attorney charged Mrs. Edwards by information with murder in the second degree, § 565.021.1C1). 1 On October 24, 1997, a jury acquitted her of murder in the second degree but found her guilty of the lesser-ineluded offense of voluntary manslaughter, § 565.023.1(1). Mrs. Edwards’ Motion for New Trial was subsequently denied, and on December 8, 1997, she was sentenced to five years in the…
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