People v. Watson CA3

BACKGROUND

A jury found defendant guilty of torture (§ 206 – count 1), assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1) – count 2), inflicting corporal injury on a spouse resulting in a traumatic condition, with a prior domestic violence conviction (hereafter spousal abuse with a prior conviction) (§ 273.5, subd. (f)(1) – count 4), dissuading a witness by force or fear (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1) – count 5), child abuse/endangerment (§ 273a, subd. (a) – count 6), criminal threats (§ 422 – count 7), assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4) – count 8), false imprisonment by force (§ 236/237 – count 9), dissuading a witness (§ 136.1, subd. (a)(1) – count 10), and

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 resisting arrest (§ 148, subd. (a)(1) – count 12). The jury found true allegations that defendant inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim (§ 12022.7, subd. (e)). The allegation that defendant committed the offenses while released from custody on his own recognizance pending judgment in the 2013 case (§ 12022.1, subd. (a)) was found true or was admitted. The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate prison term…