IN PIKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TUESDAY, TERESA BUROUSAS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, JIMMIE BUROUSAS. COWETA CIRCUIT JUDGE QUILLIAN BALDWIN JR. HEARD ALL TESTIMONY IN THE BENCH TRIAL AND RETURNED A VERDICT OF GUILTY OF VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME.
BUROUSAS WAS SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS, 10 TO SERVE , WITH CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED, TWO YEARS. SHE DID NOT TAKE THE STAND. DEFENSE ATTORNEY RICKY MORRIS PRESENTED A DEFENSE BASED ON BATTERED WIFE SYNDROME.
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