Boone’s defense attorney said she plans to use a battered spouse defense when she goes to trial, WOFL-TV reported.
Mark Nejame, a criminal defense attorney, told NewsNation Boone’s lawyers would have a “tough road for them to go through,” if they use that as their defense.
“Florida does recognize battered women syndrome or battered spouse syndrome, I should say.
It’s typically the woman who’s the victim in these matters but you have to really show that [the abuse] is perpetual, that it’s ongoing, that it escalated,” he explained.
During a pre-trial hearing in January 2022, the defense attorney said the case was “not ready for trial,” and he needed to meet with Boone and find subject matter experts for her defense, WOFL reported.
A pre-trial conference was set for March 28 with a possible trial happening the week of April 10.
In February 2020, Boone called authorities from her Winter Park home and told dispatchers her boyfriend was dead.
Investigators said she claimed they had been drinking the night before and agreed it would be funny if Torres got into the suitcase during a game of hide-and-seek, according to an arrest affidavit from the Sheriff’s Office.
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