Saracoglu

People v. Saracoglu

Caution
152 Cal. App. 4th 1584·2007 Cal. App. LEXIS 1133·62 Cal. Rptr. 3d 418
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 9, 2007B182220California5,617 words

Opinion

Opinion

Klein, J.

Defendant and appellant Attila Peter Saracoglu, appeals from the judgment entered following his conviction, by jury trial, for corporal injury to a spouse, with prior serious felony conviction findings (Pen. Code, §§ 273.5, 667, subds. (a)-(i)). Sentenced to state prison for six years, he claims there was trial error.

The judgment is affirmed.

BACKGROUND

Viewed in accordance with the usual rule of appellate review (People v. Ochoa (1993) 6 Cal.4th 1199, 1206 [ 26 Cal.Rptr.2d 23 , 864 P.2d 103 ]), the evidence established the following.

Sometime between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. on December 8, 2004, Los Angeles Police Officer David Hawkins and his partner were out on patrol when they were directed to “[c]ome to the police station for a domestic violence investigation.” When the officers arrived at the North Hollywood police station about 7:30 p.m., they were met at the front desk by a woman with a child. The woman, Rachel Saracoglu (Rachel) was nervous, crying and shaking. Hawkins testified Rachel “was very upset, very scared,” and “in a bad state.”

Rachel told Hawkins she had been assaulted by defendant Saracoglu 30 minutes earlier at “about 7:00 o’clock.” Rachel said she…

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