People v. Dearman CA3

BACKGROUND

In November 2019, defendant was convicted of dissuading a witness and battery of a cohabitant in superior court case No. CR60321-2. We refer to this case as the dissuading/battery case. (See People v. Dearman (Jun. 27, 2022, C093195) [nonpub. opn.] (Dearman).)2 The trial court placed defendant on formal probation for three years. (Ibid.) In March 2020, the People filed complaint No. CR61817, charging defendant with being a felon in possession of a firearm; the People also filed a petition to revoke his probation in the dissuading/battery case. (Dearman, supra, C093195.) He pleaded no contest to the firearm charge and the court violated but reinstated his probation for a three-year term on both the current (firearm) and prior (dissuading/battery) convictions. (Ibid.) On July 16, 2020, defendant’s former girlfriend, Brenda, was treated at a hospital for injuries. (Dearman, supra, C093195.) She told the police that at around 2:00 p.m., she and defendant argued and he physically assaulted and threatened her. The responding officer photographed her injuries. (Ibid.) On August 6, 2020, the People filed complaint No. CR62118, “charging defendant with corporal injury to a…