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PEOPLE v. SOMA

B204682

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. APRIL M. SOMA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

Not to be Published in Official Reports.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanna McKim, 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, Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Taryle and Peggy Z. Huang, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

EPSTEIN, P.J.

April Soma appeals from her conviction of the murder of her husband, Michael Soma. She argues that admission of Michael's statements to police officers about her abuse of him in a prior incident constituted a violation of her right to confrontation under principles announced in Crawford v. Washington (2002) 541 U.S. 36 (Crawford). She also challenges the instructions on self defense and claims the trial court...

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