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Criminal Law Keyed to Capers
State v. Norman
Citation:
366 S.E.2d 586 (1988)
ProfessorScott Caron
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Facts
The defendant testified that decedent, her husband, had been beating her all day, that she went to her mother’s house nearby and got a .25 automatic pistol, that she returned to her house and loaded the gun, and that she shot her husband. Norman commonly called defendant “Dogs,” “Bitches,” and “Whores,” and referred to her as a dog. Norman beat defendant “most every day,” especially when he was drunk and when other people were around, to “show off.” Defendant testified that things at home were so bad she could no longer stand it. She explained that she could not leave Norman because he would kill her. She stated that she had left him before on several occasions and that each time he found her, took her home, and beat her.
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