After six hours of deliberations, a Solano County Superior Court jury on Thursday found Gregory Grant Hobson, 64, of Fairfield, charged with killing his wife on Feb. 14, 2023, guilty of second-degree murder.

Shortly after filing into Department 25, the panel of six men and six women, responding to the court clerk’s questions, acquitted Hobson of first-degree murder, as initially charged, but not of the lesser crime, for the death of Anu Anand Hobson, 53, his wife of 28 years.

Judge Janice M. Williams, who presided over the four-week trial, then polled each juror, asking them, “Is that your verdict?”

Related Articles

All said, “Yes,” and Hobson, clad in his usual dark gray suit at the defense table, titled his head back as he listened to their responses.

The judge then ordered Hobson t

See Full Page