P. v. DeSantis CA5
Defendant Pasquale DeSantis, Jr., and the victim of his crimes were in an intimate dating relationship. Following an incident of violence against her, defendant was charged by amended information with violating Penal Code section 273.5, subdivision (a) (corporal injury) (count 1); section 136.1, subdivision (b)(1) (dissuading a witness) (count 2); and section 236 (false imprisonment) (count 3). As part of a plea bargain that resolved this case and a separate, unrelated burglary case (§§ 459/460, subd. (b)), defendant pled no contest to count 3, and counts 1 and 2 were dismissed. The trial court sentenced defendant to one year in custody and one year of mandatory supervised release, subject to certain terms, including completion of a batterer’s intervention program. (§ 1170, subd. (h)(5).)
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