People v. Rockwell CA4/2

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

To resolve charges filed in May 2016, defendant pled guilty in January 2019 to seven

of nine counts, as follows: inflicting corporal injury on a family member or partner (Pen.

Code, § 273.5, subd. (a), count 1),1 with a great bodily injury (GBI) enhancement

(§ 12022.7, subd. (e)); assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1), count 2); criminal

threats (§ 422, count 5); false imprisonment (§ 236, count 6); battery (§ 242; count 7); and

two counts of resisting a peace officer by force or violence (§ 69, counts 8 & 9). Pursuant to

the plea agreement, defendant obtained dismissal of rape and mayhem counts, and the trial

court sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of 13 years eight months.

Before sentencing, the court heard the victim’s impact statement, including her

assessment that defendant “fabricated that he is undergoing mental and/or behavioral issues

which were proven untrue.”

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 The trial court at sentencing summarized defendant’s “total prison term” as

consisting of “12 years and eight months” on all counts except count 7. The court addressed

the battery count separately,…