P. v. Hussain CA5
Appellant/defendant Redfan Abdullah Hussain, a taxi driver, was charged and convicted of count I, battery with serious bodily injury on his dispatcher (Pen. Code, § 243, subd. (d)), and count II, assault with a deadly weapon, a vehicle, after a fare dispute with the victim’s uncle (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1)). He was sentenced to four years in prison.
On appeal, defendant argues the court erroneously introduced evidence of a prior and unrelated incident, where he argued with his brother and then drove his car at him, as relevant to his intent and absence of mistake for count II, pursuant to Evidence Code section 1101, subdivision (b). Defendant further argues the court should have admitted evidence about his family’s alleged negotiations with the taxi dispatcher for a financial settlement. We affirm.
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