Gonzalez

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background2 1. Incident Against V.C.3 (Count 1) On March 6, 2012, San Jose Police Officers responded to a call from V.C.’s mother, who reported that V.C. had told her over the phone that V.C.’s boyfriend had “beaten her up.” The officers located V.C. at an intersection in San Jose with a cut on the top of her nose and blood covering the front of her jacket. V.C. was very resistant to speak with the officers and kept threatening to “take off running.” She would not tell the officers what happened or where she and her boyfriend lived. V.C.’s mother subsequently arrived on the scene and convinced V.C. to speak with the officers. V.C. reported that she and her boyfriend, Gonzalez, had been in an on-and-off relationship for approximately six years and were currently living together. On the day of the incident, V.C. was on the phone with her mother when Gonzalez came home and demanded that she give him $80. When V.C. told Gonzalez she had already given the money to her sister, Gonzalez called her a “bitch” and yelled at her for giving the money away. Gonzalez proceeded to walk out, then returned, said “you know what bitch,” and punched…