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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Clark finds that the lower court properly denied defendant's request for resentencing on his conviction for stabbing his girlfriend to death in the home they shared. Defendant sought review of his indeterminate sentence of 25 years-to-life for murder following state passage of the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, but he failed to provide sufficient proof of ongoing abuse perpetrated by the girlfriend or that he was a victim defending himself in her death. Affirmed.
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