Parks

Meecee Parks (Parks) appeals following his conviction by jury of two counts of filing a false instrument in violation of Penal Code section 115, subdivision (a), one count of battery in violation of section 242, and one count of altering a public record in violation of Government Code section 6201. We affirm.

Background

On the morning of August 14, 1990, Parks went to visit his former girlfriend and the mother of his child, Donna Vanessa Parks (Donna). Donna’s current boyfriend, Maurice Bell (Bell), told Parks that Donna did not want to speak with him. Parks then threatened and battered Bell, and thereafter attempted to stuff him into the trunk of an automobile.

On the morning of August 17, three days later, Parks went to family law court to obtain an order to show cause (OSC) and temporary restraining order (TRO). At an ex parte hearing that afternoon Judge Wesley Mason signed a TRO presented by Parks enjoining Donna from contacting or harassing him.

Parks later presented an OSC and signed TRO for filing, and then delivered a copy of the TRO to the marshal’s office for filing. The unusual form of the TRO presented caused Sergeant Edmonds of the marshal’s office to…