People v. Oakley CA1/2

BACKGROUND

I. The prosecution charged Oakley with 10 felonies. At his first trial in 2021, a jury convicted him of false imprisonment but failed to reach a verdict on the remaining charges.

Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 Following the verdict, the prosecution filed an amended information. As relevant here, the operative information charged Oakley with seven felonies: assault with the intent to commit rape (§ 220, subd. (a)(1); count 1), spousal rape by force (former § 262, subd. (a)(1), § 264, subd. (a); count 2), forcible rape (§§ 261, subd. (a)(2), 264, subd. (a); counts 3 & 4), criminal threats (§ 422; counts 5 & 6), and false imprisonment (§ 236; count 7). The information alleged enhancement allegations (§§ 667.61, subds. (b), (e)(4), 667.6, subd. (d)) and aggravating circumstances (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421).

II.

At Oakley’s second trial, the parties offered the following evidence:2 A. Amanda J. (count 1) Amanda J. began dating Oakley while she was in high school. In 2011—when she turned 18—they began living together. They had a child together the following year. Oakley physically and emotionally abused Amanda during the…