People v. Reyes CA3

BACKGROUND

Reyes and the victim were in a dating relationship. (People v. Reyes (July 15, 2022, C092515) [nonpub. opn.].)1 While sitting in a car, he repeatedly punched the victim in the head, head-butted her, pulled her hair, and screamed at her. (Ibid.) Two witnesses told Reyes to stop, but he yelled at them to mind their own business and not tell anyone about the incident, using racist language toward one of the witnesses who was wearing a head scarf. (Ibid.) When the victim tried to get out of the car, Reyes pulled her back in and drove off. (Ibid.) In January 2020, a jury found Reyes guilty of inflicting a corporal injury on a spouse or person in a dating relationship (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a); count one), false imprisonment with force or violence (§§ 236, 237, subd. (a); count two), and two counts of dissuading a witness (§ 136.1, subd. (b)(1); counts three and four) as lesser-included offenses of witness dissuasion by threat (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1)).2 (People v. Reyes, supra, C092515.) The trial court found true an allegation that he had a prior serious felony conviction, which was also a strike. (Ibid.) In July 2020, the trial court sentenced Reyes to 18 years four…