People v. Corrales CA4/2

BACKGROUND

In January 2023, the People filed a felony complaint charging Corrales with two

counts of attempted murder (§§ 664, 187, subd. (a)), one count of kidnapping (§ 207,

subd. (a)), one count of assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)), three counts

of criminal threats (§ 422), one count of willful infliction of corporal injury (§ 273.5,

subd. (a)), one count of preventing or dissuading a victim from reporting a crime

(§ 136.1, subd. (b)(1)), and three counts of false imprisonment by violence (§ 236). The

complaint further alleged that Corrales used a deadly or dangerous weapon in the

commission of the first criminal threats count (§§ 12022, subd. (b)(1), 1192.7, subd.

(c)(23)) and personally inflicted great bodily injury in the commission of the corporal

injury count (§§ 12022.7, subd. (e), 1192.7, subd. (c)(8)), and it alleged eight aggravating

factors (Cal. Rules of Court, rules 4.408(a), 4.421(a)(1)-(a)(3), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(4), &

(b)(5)). Cal.3d 118 (Marsden). After conducting the hearing, the trial court denied the Marsden

motion to replace appointed counsel.

In August 2023, the trial court found that Corrales had made a prima facie

showing…