CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : VISTA : Woman Convicted of Murdering Husband
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A woman who mortally wounded her husband and later told sheriff’s deputies to close the couple’s bedroom door so she wouldn’t hear him “whining about dying” has been convicted of first-degree murder. Superior Court jurors deliberated about four hours before returning the verdict against Patricia (Joellen) Johnson, 46, of Solana Beach, for killing her third husband, Peter Johnson, during an argument at their condominium.
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