People v. Mota CA1/1

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant was charged in a felony complaint, filed October 3, 2012, with willful infliction of corporal injury on his spouse resulting in a traumatic condition. (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a).)

1 All statutory references are to the Penal Code. On August 18, 2012, the victim, defendant’s wife, arrived home and found the door locked.2 When defendant opened the door, he began yelling and cursing and eventually grabbed a wood broom. After removing the detachable bristles, defendant swung the four-foot-long broomstick at the victim multiple times. The victim used her arms to protect her face and was struck once on her left forearm and several times on her right wrist. The victim ran upstairs and told defendant she was going to call the police and he would be deported, to which defendant responded: “ ‘I don’t care; I want to go back to Mexico.’ ” Defendant said nothing else to the victim, did not follow her upstairs, and instead left the home. The victim suffered contusions to both forearms and a small fracture in her right wrist. On November 13, 2012, pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant pleaded guilty to willful infliction of corporal injury under section 273.5.…