People v. Wallace CA1/4

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Evidence Presented at Trial In February 2019, T.S. lived on the third-floor in an apartment complex in Oakland. She lived with Wallace, whom she had been dating since May 2016. Wallace was six feet, two inches tall and weighed 360 pounds. T.S. was five feet, six inches tall and weighed 170 pounds. T.S. testified about incidents of domestic violence that occurred prior to the February 2019 incident that was the basis of the charges in this case. In August 2017, T.S. and Wallace were in a car, and Wallace punched T.S. in the jaw. T.S.’s jaw “felt like it dislocated.” T.S. asked Wallace, “What are you doing?” Wallace threatened to crash the car with both of them in it. T.S.’s jaw hurt for a week. She did not report the incident.

2 In March of 2018, in a parking lot outside T.S.’s home, Wallace grabbed T.S. by her hair and asked her where she had been. Wallace grabbed so tightly that he pulled T.S.’s hair and a few braided extensions out. He let go, but after they walked from the parking lot into the apartment, Wallace grabbed T.S.’s hair again. She dropped to the floor and onto her back, thinking he would let go, but he did not. Instead, he put his knee onto…