Eugene M. Premo | |
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| Justice of the California Courts of Appeal, Sixth District | |
| In office December 24, 1985 – May 3, 1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eugene Milton Premo
[1] August 28, 1936 [2] San Jose, California [2] |
| Died | January 25, 2021 Saratoga, California |
| Alma mater | Santa Clara University |
Eugene Milton Premo (born August 28, 1936) was a justice of the California Courts of Appeal, Sixth District. He graduated from Santa Clara University in 1957. In 1962, Justice Premo graduated with a LL.B. Degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. In 1988 he was appointed to a newly created position on the court of Appeal, Sixth District by Governor George Deukmejian. He has also served as president of the Municipal Court Judges Association. [3] [4]
In 1975, Justice Premo, while a judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, dismissed a murder charge made against a woman under the 1945 California Wife-Abuse Law. The statute stated, "Any husband who willfully inflicts upon his wife corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition, and any person who willfully inflicts upon any child any cruel and inhumane corporal punishment of injury resulting in a traumatic condition, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction there-of shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or in the county jail for not more than one year.” [5] Premo noted in a memorandum that dismissing the case was based on the conviction being a felony for the husband, while "a wife, however, inflicting the same injury and trauma can be subjected to no more than misdemeanor prosecution under assault and battery sections." [6]
Justice Premo died on January 25, 2021. [7]
References
- ^ Judge Profile: Eugene Milton Premo Martindale
- ^ a b Finn, Marie T. (September 2008). The American Bench: Judges of the Nation 2008-2009. Forster-Long, LLC. ISBN 9780931398582.
- ^ "Associate Justice Eugene M. Premo - 6DCA".
- ^ "Santa Clara Law: Eugene Premo". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ "Herstory of Domestic Violence".
- ^ Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Act, 1980: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Child and Human Development of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Vol. 4, Parts 71-980. United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session. February 6, 1980.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Justice Eugene M. Premo JD '57". Archived from the original on 2021-02-06.
-Martin, Del. (1976). Battered Wives. Volcano, CA: Volcano Press.
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