Merry Christine Pease v. Commonwealth

OVERTON, Judge.

Merry Christine Pease was convicted by a jury of second degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of murder. She appeals, contending that (1) the Commonwealth’s Attorney improperly appeared before the grand jury; (2) the trial court erred in admitting an intercepted communication; and (8) the trial court erred in granting a jury instruction on the effects of suicide on insurance policies. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the convictions.

Pease’s first assignment of error concerns the activities of Timothy McAfee, the Commonwealth’s Attorney, before the…