IN RE NOURN

No. D046347.

52 Cal.Rptr.3d 31 (2006)

145 Cal.App.4th 820

In re Ny NOURN on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeal of California, Fourth District, Division One.

December 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia J. Ulibarri, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Meagan J. Beale and Kyle Niki Shaffer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


McDONALD, J.

Ny Nourn filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the judgment entered after a jury convicted her of the first degree murder of David Stevens (Pen.Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189) and arson (Pen.Code, § 451, subd. (d)). Her petition asserts that because her defense counsel did not investigate the existence of, and present evidence on, battered women's syndrome (BWS),1 she was denied her constitutional...

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