People v. DeCutler CA3

BACKGROUND

A consolidated information charged defendant with attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187, subd. (a); count I),2 assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2); counts IV & V), possession of a firearm by a felon (§ 29800, subd. (a)(1); count VI), and discharging a firearm with gross negligence (§ 246.3, subd. (a); count VII). In connection with count I, the information included two firearm enhancement allegations. (§ 12022.53, subds. (b), (c).) The Trial—Relevant Portions of the Prosecution Case Aaron and his wife, R.F., lived in a mobile home park near Susanville in Lassen County. Michael, who was not related to them but who considered Aaron to be like a father, also lived with them. C.F., R.F., and Aaron’s daughter, lived with her children in another home in the mobile home park.

Further undesignated section references are to the Penal Code.

2 Hattley and his girlfriend had been “harassing” C.F. for days, claiming she had their dog. On the afternoon of March 5, 2022, C.F.’s boyfriend F.O. went to space No. 1 in the mobile home park to talk to the residents there about the dog situation. There, F.O. talked to defendant about it. F.O. also brought up the fact…