Legal Opinion
People v. Otto
California Supreme Court
Decided July 9, 1992No. S019773PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARABIAN, J.
Joe Otto’s distrust of his younger wife, Brenda Sue, bordered on the obsessive; his anxieties derived mainly from her uncertain relationship with another man, Marvin Elmer Mark. To confirm his suspicions, Joe secretly tape-recorded Brenda’s telephone calls from the family residence. These recordings captured a conversation between Brenda and her suspected paramour which added a new and horrifying dimension to Joe’s fears; the illicit alliance was a reality, but its object was not merely his wealth and marriage, it was his life itself.
Joe’s concerns proved to be well founded.…
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