People v. Perez CA2/8

FACTS

On an August night in 2011, Bradley Hartley went to a local bar. At about closing time, Hartley left the bar. As Hartley was walking to his car, he saw Perez “elbow” the trunk lid of Hartley’s car, causing a dent. Hartley stopped Perez and talked to him about denting Hartley’s car and about fixing the dent. When Hartley asked Perez for his insurance information or for money to fix the dent, Perez punched Hartley in the face, knocking him to the ground. Perez then “kneed” and repeatedly kicked Hartley as he was lying on the ground. The assault ended when a car pulled up to the scene, and Perez got in the car and drove away. Hartley remembered seeing Perez cock his arm back; the next thing he remembered was waking up by the rear bumper of his car, bleeding. He did not know how long he had been unconscious. When he tried to sit up, a number of people told him to stay down until the paramedics arrived. Hartley was transported to a local hospital where he received 13 stitches between his eyes and seven stitches on the inside of his lip. A photograph of his injured face was introduced at trial.

2 In June 2012, the People filed an amended information charging Perez with a single…