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PORTER v. STATE

No. 88 Sept. Term, 2016.

166 A.3d 1044 (2017)

455 Md. 220

Karla Louise PORTER v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Marta K. Kahn, Assigned Public Defender (The Law Office of Marta K. Kahn, LLC, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner.

Argued by Brenda Gruss, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Brian E. Frosh, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.

Battered spouse syndrome is a form of posttraumatic stress disorder that develops in victims of intimate partner violence. Maryland law allows a woman on trial for harming her abuser to present evidence explaining battered spouse syndrome and its psychological effects regardless of whether she was the first aggressor, used excessive force...

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