People v. Barnhill CA4/2

BACKGROUND

I. The charges

The People charged Barnhill by information with several offenses arising from

incidents that occurred on April 23 and 29, 2022. The information alleged that on both

2 dates Barnhill committed felony violations of section 273.5 by willfully inflicting

corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition on Jane Doe 1 and that Barnhill had

previously suffered a domestic violence conviction. (§ 273.5, subds. (a), (f)(1); counts

& 2.) With respect to count 1, the information also alleged that Barnhill inflicted great

bodily injury on Doe 1. (§ 12022.7, subd. (e).)

The information further alleged that Barnhill committed: (1) seven additional

felonies, including one count of making a criminal threat (§ 422; count 4), one count of

felony evasion of law enforcement (Veh. Code, § 2800.2; count 8), and several counts of

possession of firearms and ammunition by a prohibited person (§§ 29800, subd. (a)(1),

29825, subd. (a), 30305, subd. (a)(1); counts 6, 7, 9); and (2) one misdemeanor, namely,

resisting arrest (§ 148, subd. (a)(1); count 10). It was also alleged that Barnhill

personally used a firearm—“a/an Polymer 80 handgun”—in making the…