Goodman v. State

HINES, Justice.

Lori Ann Goodman appeals her convictions and sentences for malice murder and theft by taking in connection with the death of Debra Dressier. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Goodman, Dressier, and Rose Richardson became acquainted in a homeless shelter in Virginia. The home of Dressler’s husband was near, and Dressier wanted to collect her dentures and a checkbook from there, so the three women drove there in Dressler’s car. An argument ensued at the husband’s home and ‘Mr. Dressier was killed.”2

The three women…