Former Farmington Hills Teacher Denied New Trial in Hatchet Murder
Nancy Seaman, 60, was convicted in 2005 of killing her husband, Robert.
A federal appeals court panel has ruled that former Farmington Hills elementary school teacher Nancy Seaman will not get a new trial in the gruesome murder of her husband. The Oakland Press reports that while Seaman, 60, said she was battered by her husband, Bob, "battered spouse syndrome" is "not itself a defense under Michigan law." As a result, jurors who convicted her of first degree murder in 2005 could still have found her guilty, the appeals panel ruled. The case has traveled a winding legal path. While the jury convicted Seaman of first degree murder, the trial judge reduced the conviction to second degree murder. An appeals judge reinstated the jury's verdict, according to The Oakland Press story. In 2010, a federal appeals …
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