People v. Mattingly CA1/5

BACKGROUND

A.

Mattingly’s convictions arose from an altercation he had with his neighbor, Daniel Current, Jr., in 2023. The confrontation involved a car that Current’s son had purchased from one of Mattingly’s former roommates while Mattingly was incarcerated. Mattingly found out after he was released from prison that his car, a BMW, had been sold, and he maintained that Current’s son should return the car or compensate him for it.

The day of the altercation, Mattingly was walking by Current’s house to return a machete that he had sharpened as a favor for another neighbor. He had the machete tucked under his arm, and he was also holding a concrete nail gun.

According to Current’s testimony at trial, Current was returning home with his son from a nearby store. Mattingly was in front of Current’s house, and Current’s son went into the house as Current and Mattingly started talking. Mattingly demanded that Current pay him for the car and then threatened him, saying, “ ‘I’m going to shoot you.’ ” Current heard a clicking noise and believed that Mattingly had triggered something that looked like a pellet gun or nail gun. Current testified that he believed Mattingly was going to…