United States Ninth Circuit

In a murder case under California law where a defendant claims imperfect self-defense from abusive spouse, evidence of spouse's journal recording spouse's violent behavior to first wife is relevant to defendant's state of mind.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/05/2000
• Decided 01/26/2001
• Published 01/26/2001

Judges

• Before:  BROWNING, NOONAN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cliff Gardner, San Francisco, California, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric D. Share, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for the appellee.