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

DATE: SUNDAY, April 7, 1991                   TAG: 9104070198
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: STANARDSVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

20-YEAR TERM ADVISED FOR WOMAN CONVICTED OF SHOOTING HER FATHER

A Greene County Circuit Court jury recommended that a 19-year-old woman serve a 20-year sentence in the shotgun slaying of her father.

The jury on Friday convicted Lisa Sargent of second-degree murder in the slaying of Morgan Lee Breeden.

The defense contended Sargent shot 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.

Commonwealth's Attorney Dan Bouton sought a first-degree murder conviction but said he was not disappointed with the verdict.

by CNB