People v. Gonzalez CA4/3

FACTS

1. The Incident Gonzalez’s older sister Benita and her partner Victor lived in a two-bedroom apartment in Ontario with their four children and Victor’s adult brother. Gonzalez moved in with them in March 2021. Gonzalez and Victor’s

2 brother slept in the apartment’s living room, the four children shared one of the bedrooms, and Benita and Victor shared the other. Despite living together, the children had no relationship with Gonzalez. Gonzalez was initially happy when he moved in with his sister’s family; he had a job doing yard work. He was later fired, however, and thereafter spent his days drinking beer and tequila in the apartment. The family suspected he was also using drugs. Gonzalez and Benita argued on occasion. She told him he needed to get a job and accused him of wasting his money on alcohol. He told her she could not tell him what to do. During one such argument, Gonzalez (who had been drinking) started throwing things. Benita kicked Gonzalez out of the apartment in April. Victor later allowed Gonzalez to return temporarily, and after that, Gonzalez sometimes stayed at the apartment and other times lived on the street. When Gonzalez was at the apartment, he…