People v. Reyes CA6

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND3

A. Facts and Charges As of September 26, 2022, Doe had been dating Bautista Reyes for three years and living with her for two months. He decided to discontinue the relationship because of Bautista Reyes’s “anger issues.” That evening, Doe tried to remove his television from Bautista Reyes’s home and to end the relationship. Bautista Reyes pushed him and pulled his shirt to try and keep Doe from leaving. When Doe got outside, Bautista Reyes “sliced” the back of his neck and “scraped” his back with a knife. Doe got away by leaving his television behind and jumping over a fence at the back of the house. He called the police to report the incident. There were children in the home when the incident occurred. On September 27, 2022, the Monterey County District Attorney charged Bautista Reyes with one count of assault on John Doe with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)) and one count of corporal injury to John Doe, Bautista Reyes’s cohabitant or former cohabitant and someone with whom Bautista Reyes has, or previously had, a dating relationship (§ 273.5, subd. (a)). B. Procedural Background 1. People’s Motion in Limine No. 3 Prior to trial, the…