People v. Reyes CA5

FACTS

On the evening of March 3, 2012, Bakersfield police officers responded to Maria Andreas’s residence on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon. Andreas told the officers that she and Reyes had two children together and earlier that day Reyes took one with him. Earlier that evening, she and her boyfriend Julio Montufar were in her living room when they heard someone tampering with a window screen in the front of the residence. Reyes then climbed in through the window, challenged Montufar to fight, and demanded that Andreas let him take the children. Andreas refused and Reyes got a knife from the kitchen and again challenged Montufar to fight. When Reyes walked toward Montufar pointing the knife at him, Montufar grabbed the knife and took it away. Reyes then got his other child from the residence and fled with both children. Montufar told the officers that after climbing in through the window, Reyes grabbed a knife and challenged him to fight. When Montufar grabbed the knife, Reyes ran the blade across Montufar’s hand, cutting several of Montufar’s fingers. Reyes was detained and arrested that night. On March 6, 2012, the district attorney filed a complaint charging Reyes…