Siam

Siam v. Superior Court

Good Law
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 26, 2026G065447California6,978 words

Opinion

Opinion

Delaney, J.

FACTS

Facts relevant to the petition before us concern two separate incidents, each of which resulted in the filing of criminal charges against Siam. The first incident occurred in San Diego in August 2020 (San Diego offense). The second incident, from which this case stems, occurred in Newport Beach in March 2022 (current offense). The following sets forth the relevant factual and procedural background related to each offense. I.

SAN DIEGO OFFENSE

A. Circumstances of the August 2020 San Diego Offense 2 In the early morning hours of August 5, 2020, San Diego Harbor Police received a call from a taxi driver who reported a man who was his passenger, later identified as Siam, struck him three or four times in the back of the head with a skateboard and then fled by jumping out of the moving taxi. A little more than ten minutes later, police received a call from a hotel indicating a man matching the description given by the taxi driver was screaming and pressing the fire alarm in an elevator. When officers arrived at the hotel, they found Siam naked, laying on his stomach inside the elevator with his eyes closed and hands behind his back. He was “sweating profusely” and “yelling…

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