P. v. Valle CA5
Appellant/defendant Donald Torres Valle drove his nephew, Milton Moncada, to a field and accused him of harassing his wife and destroying his family. Defendant assaulted Moncada by repeatedly hitting him in the face and head with a beer bottle, attacking him with a sharp object that was possibly a box cutter, trying to run down Moncada in his truck, and using a broken beer bottle to inflict even more blows and lacerations to his head and body. Moncada tried to defend himself but suffered a broken nose and multiple cuts and abrasions on his face, neck, chest, and back. Defendant only stopped the attack when a friend who was present, but not participating in the assault, warned him that someone might drive by, see what was going on, and call the police. Defendant broke Moncada’s cell phone, threatened to kill Moncada and his family if he reported the incident to the police, and left him in the field.
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