People v. Naeve CA1/4

BACKGROUND

I. Factual History

On August 7, 2023, police officers responded to a report of Naeve’s battery on his mother.2 Naeve was staying at her house and drank alcohol that day. At the time, he was subject to a restraining order that required only peaceful contact between him and his mother. Around 9:00 a.m., Naeve entered her bedroom, grabbed both of her arms near her shoulders, and pushed her, causing her to stumble. He then grabbed her wrists; later that day, officers observed “a scab with visible blood” on her right wrist and a two- inch-long bruise on her left wrist. Naeve’s mother told the officers that she feared Naeve. Recently, he had been threatening her, including telling “her that he dreams of the day [she] wakes up with blood dripping down her throat.” Naeve “threatened to hit her and held up [his] fists in a fighting stance.” He also “told her he was going to pour soap on her stairs so [she] would fall down the stairs and break her neck.” Naeve’s mother reported that Naeve “only acts that way after drinking.” On August 11, officers checked in with Naeve’s mother, who still had bruising to her left hand and her right wrist. On the morning of the battery,…