P. v. Rodriguez CA3
Deanna N. met defendant at church in 2011. She was 17 years old; he was 19. They became friends and spent time together hanging out, playing basketball, and going out to eat. They began dating during Deanna’s senior year in high school. It was fun and adventurous. Defendant took Deanna “outside of [her] bubble,” referring to the religious environment in which she had been raised. They began having sex on her 18th birthday and began using marijuana together. Deanna felt like she had someone she could do anything with and “had no complaints.” They eventually expressed their love to each other.
After about a year, defendant began saying things that hurt Deanna. He told her she was not smart because she would get lost driving around town. He insulted her intelligence, saying he deserved someone smarter than her. Deanna would “talk smack back to him,” and things would escalate. Defendant would yell and lock her out of the room during arguments.
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