Gia McClain didn’t need an attorney to come up with the theory she was protecting herself from a battering, drunken husband. The Orange County woman asserted it up front, the night she phoned 911 and reported she’d just fatally shot Fred McClain in the head.
Sally McNeil killed her husband with a pair of shotgun blasts after years of his physical abuse of her. Even her San Diego prosecutor didn’t dispute that or the fact that her husband was capable of inflicting significant damage, observing the husband was a “former Mr. California who could have bench-pressed a Volkswagen.”
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]