Legal Opinion

People v. Stansbury

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 25, 1968No. Crim. 471PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtConley, P. J.

After closing hours, in their Mariposa bar called the Capitol Club, Juanita Joy Stansbury killed her husband, Phillip Stansbury; she shot him twice with a .22 caliber pistol and when he was stretched out on the floor, incapacitated and quite possibly already dead, she shot him seven times more. When the deputy sheriff came to arrest her, she said, “Scotty, I have done something bad. ... I shot him.” And when the officer expressed the belief that her husband was dead she stated, “Well, I hope that son-of-a-bitch is dead, because I told him if he ever hit me again, I’d kill him.” She was given…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. People v. HoltCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Lorenson v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Bompensiero v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  4. People v. SearsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
  5. People v. NagleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Taylor v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. People v. AlonzoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1993
  3. Allen v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
  4. People v. HwangCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
  5. People v. BuckleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986

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