Elainera
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Or get a 2nd degree murder out of it -- no LWOP. That can certainly be considered a win in many cases. In this one, the possibility of an intruder committing this act is obviously not feasible.
In NC, 2nd Deg Murder is a Class B1 Felony --
With no prior felony point (Phelps doesn't have any), this is the range of time in months:
Aggravated.......240 - 300
Presumptive.....192 - 240
Mitigated..........144 - 192
So anywhere from 12 years to 25 years.
bbm I'm interested, why do you think so? Couldn't his defense team say, "yes MP thought that he killed his wife because he had been taking the cough meds and had been hallucinating, but a window in the apartment was open and someone could have entered ..." Just to instil reasonable doubt?