People v. Parmach CA4/1

I.

BACKGROUND

A. Parmach and His Family Parmach married F.P. in 2012 and moved with their four children from Afghanistan to the United States in 2021. While they were living in Anaheim, Parmach and F.P. had two more children (twins) in 2022. One of Parmach’s cousins found a house for the family in Corona, and they moved there in 2023. B. Reports of Domestic Violence Soon after the Parmachs moved to Corona, S.R., a volunteer who helps immigrants from Afghanistan adjust to life in the United States, contacted them to help. Several months later, F.P. called S.R. and asked for help with learning how to drive. On June 21, 2023, the two went to a parking lot where F.P. could practice. While F.P. was driving, S.R. noticed on F.P.’s forearm two bleeding cuts, each about three inches long, and asked about them. F.P. began to cry and said Parmach cut her with a broken plate. When S.R. asked F.P. whether she wanted to go to a doctor, F.P said she was “scared” to do so because Parmach said “he would hurt her” if she did. F.P. lifted her shirt to show S.R. a scar from a knife wound Parmach had inflicted when they lived in Afghanistan. F.P. also showed S.R. photographs of a knife wound…