P. v. Bonnaudet CA2/1
In 2002, a jury convicted defendant and appellant Nora Andaya Bonnaudet of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) for the death of her husband, Georges Bonnaudet. The jury also found true a special circumstance allegation that she committed the offense for financial gain. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(1).) The trial court sentenced her to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
We described the facts of the case in detail in our opinion in Bonnaudet’s direct appeal, People v. Bonnaudet (July 27, 2004, B164987) [nonpub. opn.], and we will summarize them only briefly here: In 1989, Georges executed a will leaving almost all his possessions to Bonnaudet. The relationship later soured, and Bonnaudet began having an affair at some point before December 2000. In the year before his death in 2001, Georges told friends that he wanted to divorce Bonnaudet and did not want her to receive any of his money.
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