Legal Opinion
State v. Sanders
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1978No. 13838PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGraw, Justice:
At approximately 6:30 a.m. on September 24, 1975, the defendant shot and killed her husband, Craig Sanders, as he returned to the door of their home after having taken the dog for a walk. Her defense at trial was that she was not guilty by reason of insanity. On December 15, 1975, in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, she was found guilty of first-degree murder with the recommendation for mercy and is now confined to the West Virginia State Prison for Women.
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The defendant assigns as error certain instructions offered by the State and given to the jury. 1 State’s In…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- State v. StarrWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. PendryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by19 opinions
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