P. v. Payne CA3
Defendant Thomas Edward Payne and his wife had a tumultuous marriage. During one particularly violent incident, defendant first beat her in the face and head, then slit her throat from ear to ear, and then told her (in the presence of others) that he hoped she died. A jury found him guilty of two counts of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)--counts 2 and 3), and found true special allegations that he inflicted great bodily injury under circumstances of domestic violence and personally used a knife during the attack (§§ 12022.7, subd. (e), 12022, subd. (b)(1)). The trial court sentenced him to 11 years in prison.
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