People v. Hathcock

Opinion

GARGANO, J.

The defendant was convicted of perjury in violation of section 118 of the Penal Code. The facts upon which her conviction was predicated are substantially as follows:

On the last day of January or the first day of February 1968, Barbara Simmons was driven from Fresno to Madera County and shot to death. Sometime later appellant, who was the wife of one of the suspects, Weldon Lee Hathcock, was granted immunity pursuant to Penal Code section 1324 from prosecution for any offense arising from the murder. Thereafter, she gave a written statement to the district attorney…