People v. Nelson CA4/3

Filed 10/15/24 P. v. Nelson CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G063524

v. (Super. Ct. No. C-92266)

OMAIMA AREE NELSON, OPINION

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Jonathan S. Fish, Judge. Affirmed. Omaima Aree Nelson, in pro. per.; Sylvia W. Beckham, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Defendant Omaima Aree Nelson filed a petition asking the trial court to vacate her conviction for second degree murder and resentence her. The court denied the petition, and Nelson filed a timely notice of appeal. Appointed counsel filed a brief pursuant to People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216, setting forth the facts of the case and requesting that this court review the entire record. Nelson was given notice and an opportunity to file a supplemental brief, which she did. Exercising our discretion under People v. Delgadillo, supra, 14 Cal.5th at pages 231 to 232, we have independently examined the entire record as well as counsel’s brief and Nelson’s supplemental brief, and we find no reasonably arguable issue. We therefore affirm. BACKGROUND1 Nelson married William Nelson on November 1, 1991, about four weeks after they met. As we explained in an unpublished opinion affirming Nelson’s conviction for murder, she “spent Thanksgiving weekend of 1991 killing, decapitating, dismembering, disemboweling, cooking, and freezing William Nelson.” William’s skull (found in the freezer) had been struck by a heavy object, consistent with an iron found in the bedroom closet which was stained with blood and had hairs consistent with William’s. William’s heart and lungs were recovered (possibly from a trash bag full of William’s “entrails” which had been located in his car at the home); both were found to have stab and slash wounds. William died either from the stab wounds to his heart, lung, or carotid artery, or from the blows to his skull.