VISTA, Calif.—A woman who fatally shot her husband at their Carlsbad home over a decade ago was re-sentenced March 9 to 40 years to life in state prison.
Julie Harper, 49, was convicted of second-degree murder and a gun-use allegation for the 2012 slaying of her husband, Jason Harper, 39. She was convicted in a 2015 retrial after a prior jury acquitted her of first-degree murder and deadlocked on a second-degree murder count.
The shooting happened in an upstairs room of the Badger Lane home while the couple’s three kids were downstairs watching television.
Harper testified that she fired the gun accidentally as her husband charged at her during an argument….