People v. O'Mally CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

Sheana Latrice O’Mally appeals from her conviction for assault. We appointed counsel to represent O’Mally on appeal. Counsel for O’Mally reviewed the record and did not identify any arguable issues. (See People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Nor, after reviewing the record independently, have we. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2022 Rocke Klein was 70 years old and suffering from a variety of medical ailments, including a bad back, an aortic aneurysm, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and scarring of the lungs caused by COVID-19. To help him with his medical conditions, Klein began looking for in-home health care. Eventually, Klein asked O’Mally, whom he met a year or two earlier, to come work for him. Klein told her that if things worked out he would offer her a room in his trailer. On the evening of her first day on the job, however, O’Mally “started getting violent” and became “crazy” and “out of control.” Klein called the police, but the responding officers did not arrest O’Mally. O’Mally stopped working for Klein. O’Mally called Klein several times over the next year, and on September 1, 2023 Klein invited her to his trailer to…