
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 6, 1991                   TAG: 9104060460
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: STANARDSVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

WOMAN, 19, CONVICTED OF MURDERING FATHER

A 19-year-old woman now faces a possible 20 years in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder in the shotgun slaying of her father.

A Greene County Circuit Court jury deliberated less than two hours Friday before convicting Lisa Sargent and recommending she serve a 20-year sentence.

The defense contended Sargent shot her father, Morgan Lee Breeden, in self-defense after years of abuse.

Sargent testified Thursday that she shot her father after he beat her the morning of Aug. 29 and later held a .22-caliber pistol in her face as she sat on a porch swing.

- Associated Press

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