Eugene M. Premo

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]

Eugene M. Premo
Justice of the California Courts of Appeal, Sixth District
In office
December 24, 1985 – May 3, 1994
Personal details
Born
Eugene Milton Premo[1]

(1936-08-28) August 28, 1936[2]
San Jose, California[2]
DiedJanuary 25, 2021
Saratoga, California
Alma materSanta Clara University

In 1975, Justice Premo, while a judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, dismissed a murder charge made 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] Justice 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
  1. https://www.martindale.com/san-jose/california/eugene-milton-premo-251297-a/
  2. Finn, Marie T. (September 2008). The American Bench: Judges of the Nation 2008-2009. Forster-Long, LLC. ISBN 9780931398582.
  3. http://www.courts.ca.gov/4118.htm
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-04-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://people.uvawise.edu/pww8y/Supplement/-ConceptsSup/Gender/HerstoryDomV.html#martin
  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. Volume 4, Parts 71-980: United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session. February 6, 1980.CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210206022315/https://law.scu.edu/news/in-memoriam-justice-eugene-m-premo-jd-57/

-Martin, Del. (1976). Battered Wives. Volcano, CA: Volcano Press.

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