P. v. Holmes CA2/5
Defendant and S.M. were in a dating relationship. On November 16, 2018, the couple got into an argument and defendant accused S.M. lying about talking to her mother on the phone. Defendant initially tussled with S.M. in an effort to obtain her cell phone. During the struggle, defendant choked S.M. and hit her in the mouth.
Two days later, on November 18, defendant accused S.M. of cheating. Defendant charged at S.M., choked her, slapped her in the face, punched her in the ear, and kicked her in the chest after she had fallen on the floor. Defendant took S.M.’s cell phone and left. S.M. called her mother; her mother and her mother’s boyfriend came over to S.M.’s apartment. Defendant then returned, and started pounding on S.M.’s front door. When the mother’s boyfriend answered the door and asked defendant to return S.M.’s cell phone, defendant pulled out a knife and came toward the boyfriend with his arm extended (the boyfriend was not injured).
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