P. v. Alvarado CA1/3
Defendant was charged by information with one felony count of willfully inflicting corporal injury resulting in traumatic injury on H.T., a person with whom he had been in a dating relationship (§ 273.5, subd. (f)(1); count one). The charges stemmed from an incident in August 2020 in which defendant allegedly punched H.T. several times during an argument. The information further alleged that defendant committed the offense within seven years of two prior domestic violence convictions under sections 243, subdivision (e)(1), in 2015 and 2017, and a prior conviction under 273.5, subdivision (a), in 2016.
The trial court bifurcated adjudication of the prior conviction allegations, and the matter proceeded to a jury trial on count one. At trial, the jury heard testimony from two witnesses: H.T., and Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy Brigham Reese, the officer who was dispatched to the scene of the incident.
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