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PEOPLE v. GARCIA

B197063

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JUANITA C. GARCIA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second Appellate District, Division Eight

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Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Miggins, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kristofer Jorstad and Michael A. Katz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

O'NEILL, J.*

Juanita Celia Garcia (appellant) was convicted of first degree murder with use of a firearm and sentenced to life without possibility of parole pursuant to a financial gain special circumstance. The deceased was her long-time male companion, with whom she had lived for over eight years. The jury rejected appellant's self-defense and defense of others claims, notwithstanding expert testimony that she was a battered woman. We...

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