People v. Gipson CA1/2

BACKGROUND

In April 2022, Gipson and Jane Doe2 were dating and living with Doe’s mother. Doe had recently graduated from cosmetology school and wore her hair in green braids for the occasion. On April 23, Doe attended a graduation party at a classmate’s house in Richmond, California. Gipson was upset because he did not want Doe to attend the party while he worked. Early the next morning, Richmond Police Department officers were dispatched to the Richmond address in response to multiple 911 calls of an assault in progress. Amado Garca first called 911 around 1:00 or 1:30 a.m. after being awoken by crying and someone yelling for help. Garca could see a person being punched and slapped outside his window. Garca went outside and saw a man hitting a woman. The woman was crying for help, and the man was angrily “requesting” to see the woman’s cell phone. Garca observed the man drag the woman by the arm to a nearby field where he held the woman’s head and began banging it against the ground. The man then started pulling the woman by her hair, which is when Garca called 911. Another neighbor, Naomi Hurtado, also called 911, twice, to report “a domestic violence attack” in progress.…