P. v. Galafate CA5
In 1989, appellant Leny Peterson Galafate and her then-husband, codefendant Roman Galafate III, were convicted after a joint jury trial of count 1, first degree premeditated murder, with the special circumstance that the murder was intentional and carried out for financial gain; and count 2, conspiracy to commit murder for financial gain. They were both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for count 1, with a stayed term of 25 years to life for count 2. In 1991, this court affirmed defendants’ convictions and sentences on appeal. Thereafter, both defendants filed numerous writ petitions seeking postjudgment relief that were denied by the superior court and this court.
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