People v. Adams CA1/4

I. FACTS

E.E. began dating defendant in July 2010. E.E. attended church with defendant on July 25, 2010, and he escorted her home and spent the night with her in her apartment in Richmond. He spent several nights at her home; they performed oral sex on each other and defendant inserted his fingers in E.E.’s anus. The relationship continued for about three weeks during which they continued to engage in oral sex, with defendant inserting his fingers in E.E.’s anus about 10 times. On one of those occasions, defendant inserted a dildo into her anus. E.E. never told defendant to stop, but she did tell him that he was hurting her. At approximately 2:00 a.m. on August 6, 2010, E.E. awoke to defendant orally copulating her. She was startled. She told him to stop because he was not doing it right. Defendant punched E.E. in the face and slapped both sides of her face with his open hand. Her lip was injured and one of her teeth became loose. A photograph of the injured lip was shown to the jury. E.E. did not call the police because she knew that defendant kept a Ka-Bar, a big knife, under his pillow. Defendant seemed to know a number of policemen and she did not think they would help her.…