PEOPLE v. GOMEZ

Docket No. 42566.

134 Cal.App.3d 874 (1982)

185 Cal. Rptr. 155

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN GOMEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

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

August 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Laurance S. Smith, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Gregory W. Baugher and Jana L. Tuton, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SOVEN, J.*

Defendant John Gomez was found guilty by a jury of first degree murder and sentenced to prison for 27 years to life.

FACTS

In June 1978, defendant and his wife Celia Maldonado separated. Celia had become involved with another man, Al Herrera, the victim in this case. After the couple separated, defendant told Celia that unless she stopped taking their son when she went...

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