People v. Day CA3

I. BACKGROUND

On March 23, 2023, officers from the Grass Valley Police Department were dispatched to Doe’s apartment. When they arrived, they could hear yelling from inside. Doe opened the door. She appeared disheveled and her face, neck, and chest were red. Her eye makeup was running down her cheek. There was redness and bruising in the shape of handprints on her neck. The injuries to her skin were raised and swollen. Initially, she said she was fine and that she had been in a yelling argument with defendant. After officers separated Doe and defendant into different areas of her apartment, she gestured for an officer to be quiet and then gestured that she had been

2 The jury found defendant not guilty of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury with respect to count 4.

2 choked. An officer took her out of the apartment and onto the front porch. There, she said she found out defendant had been cheating on her and confronted him about it. He became aggressive and started arguing. He grabbed her throat with both hands and started to choke her. He headbutted her in the face several times while they were in the bedroom. She freed herself and went to the…