P. v. Tate CA2/11
In 2017, a jury found defendant Tyrone Tate (defendant) guilty of making criminal threats against the mother of his children (Pen. Code, § 422(a)), violating a domestic violence protective order with violence or threats of violence (§ 166(c)(4)), and misdemeanor vandalism (§ 594(a)). The convictions arose from a series of events one afternoon and evening when defendant threatened to beat the mother of his children, punched through a window at the apartment where she and the children were living, and accosted her in the apartment—smacking a phone out of her hand when she said she was calling the police. The trial court sentenced defendant to nine years in prison, five years of which were imposed pursuant to section 667(a)(1) for having sustained a prior serious felony conviction.
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