PEOPLE v. SMALL

Docket No. 3695.

7 Cal.App.3d 347 (1970)

86 Cal. Rptr. 478

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD ALLEN SMALL, Defendant and Appellant.

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

May 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James M. Wortz, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KERRIGAN, Acting P.J.

Convicted by jury of the second degree murder of his wife (Pen. Code, § 187), and sentenced to state prison, defendant appeals.

The defendant and the victim had been married for 20 years and had four children. Their Riverside residence was the scene of considerable marital discord, marked by frequent disputes over the disciplining and upbringing of the children. Defendant inflicted physical...

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