State v. Hardy

Shaw, Acting Associate Justice:

Appellant Henry Hardy, Jr. was indicted for murder, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his wife and sentenced to twenty-six years in prison. On appeal Hardy claims the trial court erred in denying his counsel’s motion to be present at a court ordered psychiatric examination, and in charging the jury that a defendant must prove self defense by a preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

On July 31,1982, appellant and his wife had an argument. During the argument, the wife threatened appellant with a knife. Appellant struck his wife on the head…