People v. Adams CA4/2

BACKGROUND

The victim, M.R., is the 83-year-old grandmother of Adams’s wife, Leandra. In

December 2022, M.R. invited Adams to stay in her home until “after New Year’s” so that

he could be with his children during the holidays. M.R. weighed 109 pounds, and she

was five feet four inches tall.

New Year’s Day came and went, and M.R. “[c]ontinuously” asked Adams to leave.

In mid-February 2023, when M.R. was picking up her grandson and great-granddaughter

from school, she received a call from her roommate, who told her that Adams and

Leandra were having a “verbal confrontation.” M.R. rushed home with the children and

said to Adams, “‘[y]ou perverted mother fucker. Get the fuck out of my house.’” Adams

responded, “‘[b]itch, I’ll knock your mother-fucking head off your shoulders.’” M.R. felt

threatened, and she walked away, got into her car, and called 911. Adams’s daughter

subsequently told M.R. that Adams was “‘sitting in the living room with a butcher’s

knife.’”

2 After about 30 minutes, the police arrived. Adams initially would not come out of

the house. “Between 40 [minutes] to an hour” later, Adams exited the home, and he was

arrested for making a criminal…