Pugh v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Appellant is charged with the offense of voluntary manslaughter of her husband. The district attorney was advised that Mrs. Pugh intended to raise the “battered woman” syndrome as a defense. The State filed a motion in limine “to require a specific proffer of evidence from the defendant on said Syndrome and to rule such evidence inadmissible. ...” Pugh’s response admitted she would offer such evidence as one of her defenses. The State filed an amended motion in limine to “totally exclude evidence of the ‘battered woman’ syndrome if tendered by the defendant as part of a…