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Lois Goodman, right, a tennis umpire accused of fatally bludgeoning her 80-year-old husband at their Woodland Hills home, and attorney Alison Triessl react with smiles after the murder case against her was dropped at a hearing in Van Nuys.

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( Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times )

Lois Goodman, right, a tennis umpire accused of fatally bludgeoning her 80-year-old husband at their Woodland Hills home, and attorney Alison Triessl react with smiles after the murder case against her was dropped at a hearing in Van Nuys.

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