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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.

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.” 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."

Justice Premo died on January 25, 2021.

References

1. Judge Profile: Eugene Milton Premo Martindale
2. ^ Finn, Marie T. (September 2008). The American Bench: Judges of the Nation 2008-2009. Forster-Long, LLC. ISBN 9780931398582.
3. "Associate Justice Eugene M. Premo - 6DCA".
4. "Santa Clara Law: Eugene Premo". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
5. "Herstory of Domestic Violence".
6. 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.
7. "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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