NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Prosecutors say a New Jersey woman
convicted of killing and dismembering her husband should not get a
new trial.
In legal papers filed Thursday with the state Appellate
Division, the Attorney General's Office disputes claims by Melanie
McGuire's lawyers that a gun she bought before her husband was
killed could not have been the murder weapon.
The defense contends that ballistics information from the
weapon's manufacturer is inconsistent with markings on bullets
found in the victim's body.
McGuire, of Woodbridge, was sentenced to life in prison after a
jury convicted her of the 2004 murder. William McGuire's remains
were found in three suitcases in the Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk,
Va.