HAWTHORNE V. STATE OF FLORIDA
408 So.2d 801 (1982)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Hawthorne (D) appealed a judgment of second degree murder of her
husband.
FACTS: D was charged with killing her husband. She was tried and convicted of first
degree murder. That conviction was overturned. D was tried again and now convicted of second
degree murder. The trial court disallowed the testimony of Dr. Lenore Walker, a clinical
psychologist who would have testified as an expert with regard to the battered woman
syndrome. The purpose of such testimony would have been to give the jury a basis for
considering whether D suffered from the battered-woman syndrome, not in order to establish a
novel defense, but as it related to her claim of self-defense. D was convicted and appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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