PEOPLE v. SAIDI-TABATABAI

Docket No. 15224.

7 Cal.App.3d 981 (1970)

86 Cal. Rptr. 866

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARY ELIZABETH SAIDI-TABATABAI, Defendant and Appellant.

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

May 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joseph Amato, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Bradley A. Stoutt, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KAUS, P.J.

Charged with murder of her brother-in-law Mehdi, defendant was found guilty after an extended jury trial. The murder was found to be of the second degree. This appeal presents no issue concerning the sufficiency of the evidence. The record discloses convincing circumstantial proof that defendant shot Mehdi, late at night on November 14, 1966, after lying in wait at his apartment. Her defense was that a gun which...

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