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http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=18948
Supreme Court reinstates wife's conviction in killing of bodybuilder
By Associated Press
Monday, May 3, 2004
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court reinstated a murder conviction Monday in the case of a California woman who claimed she shot her husband to end his physical and sexual abuse.
Sally and Ray McNeil were both bodybuilders and steroid users as well as former Marines, and had violently fought before over Ray McNeil's affairs and other things, according to court records.
The San Diego couple's final fight on Valentine's Day 1995 was over the cost of some chicken, which he was cooking when he was shot.
Sally McNeil was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that she was not properly allowed to argue that the death was manslaughter and that she was psychologically damaged from his abuse.
California authorities appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled without hearing arguments in the case.
In a short, unsigned opinion, the high court said although the jury in Sally McNeil's case heard instructions that were technically incorrect, a prosecutor quickly resolved any confusion.
The case is Middleton v. McNeil, 03-1028.
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=18948
Supreme Court reinstates wife's conviction in killing of bodybuilder
By Associated Press
Monday, May 3, 2004
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court reinstated a murder conviction Monday in the case of a California woman who claimed she shot her husband to end his physical and sexual abuse.
Sally and Ray McNeil were both bodybuilders and steroid users as well as former Marines, and had violently fought before over Ray McNeil's affairs and other things, according to court records.
The San Diego couple's final fight on Valentine's Day 1995 was over the cost of some chicken, which he was cooking when he was shot.
Sally McNeil was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that she was not properly allowed to argue that the death was manslaughter and that she was psychologically damaged from his abuse.
California authorities appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled without hearing arguments in the case.
In a short, unsigned opinion, the high court said although the jury in Sally McNeil's case heard instructions that were technically incorrect, a prosecutor quickly resolved any confusion.
The case is Middleton v. McNeil, 03-1028.