State v. Lockridge

TODD, Justice.

Ann Louise Lockridge was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of her husband. Prior to trial, she entered a plea of guilty to second-degree manslaughter. After hearing her testimony and receiving a presentence investigation report, the court rejected her plea and reinstated her plea of not guilty to second-degree murder, for which she was convicted by a jury. She challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, certain evidentiary rulings, and the refusal to accept her plea to the lesser included offense. We affirm.

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