People v. Davis CA2/2

BACKGROUND

Davis was charged by felony complaint filed January 19, 2024, with a single violation of Penal Code1 section 273.5, subdivision (a). According to the complaint, Davis had inflicted corporal injury on his girlfriend two days earlier. The same day Davis was charged, his appointed counsel raised doubts as to Davis’s mental competency. At a hearing on February 2, 2024, the trial court found Davis not competent to stand trial and ordered him medicated. After treatment, on June 4, 2024, the court accepted the opinion of a psychologist that Davis’s competence had been restored. Davis was arraigned and pled not guilty on June 7, 2024. Pursuant to an agreement with the People, Davis changed his plea to no contest on June 21, 2024. The trial court suspended his sentence and placed him on three years’ probation. Conditions of Davis’s probation included that he obey all laws; comply with a protective order for the benefit of the victim; and stay away from, refrain from violence against, and not harass, annoy, or molest, the victim. On August 2, 2024, police went to the victim’s residence. She told them Davis had been there earlier that morning and they got into an argument—Davis…