PEOPLE v. JONES

Docket No. 7470.

191 Cal.App.2d 478 (1961)

12 Cal. Rptr. 777

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. THERESA JONES, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

April 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl C. Broady and Robert Roberson for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jack K. Weber, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


FOX, P.J.

Defendant was charged with murdering her husband, LeRoy Jones. She was tried before a jury and found guilty of manslaughter. Her motion for a new trial was denied and she was sentenced to the state prison. She has appealed from the judgment and order denying her a new trial.

The homicide occurred in the evening of March 21, 1960, at the home of defendant and her husband. They were arguing for quite some time prior to the husband's leaving the house...

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