P. v. Grijalva CA3
On January 26, 2016, a jury found defendant Chofa Moses Grijalva guilty of willfully inflicting corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition upon his wife, and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in permanent, serious injury. With respect to the former charge, the jury found true that defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury upon his wife under circumstances involving domestic violence. The jury acquitted defendant of assault with a deadly weapon.
The trial court sentenced defendant to a total term of seven years in prison.
On appeal, defendant contends: (1) his conviction for leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in permanent, serious injury was not supported by substantial evidence, (2) the trial court erred in not conducting an evidentiary hearing outside the presence of the jurors regarding the admission of evidence of two prior uncharged instances of domestic violence that his wife’s sister testified about, and (3) the introduction o
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