Thompson v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant, Vanessa K. Thompson, was convicted of murder 2 for the 1998 killing of sixteen-year-old Shanna Sheese. 3 In this appeal, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court's denial of her request for an in camera review of the mental health records of one of the State's witnesses. We affirm.

The defendant admits that viewed in the abstract, the evidence presented by the State is sufficient to support her conviction. Br. of Appellant at 14-15. She maintains, however, that given the lack of any physical evidence tending to connect her with the…