People v. Ward CA4/1

FACTS

A. Relationship Between Buganan and Ward

Buganan and Ward were involved in a dating relationship starting in 2009. The

relationship was tumultuous, and they broke up but resumed dating over the years.

During one period of separation in 2010, Ward was sentenced to state prison and served

time after he was convicted of committing domestic violence against Buganan, who

continued to visit Ward while he was incarcerated, however, because she hoped they

could work out their problems and resume a romantic relationship. When Ward was

released from prison in the fall of 2011, Buganan picked him up from the prison and took

him to her house and was intimate with him that night. They resumed their dating

relationship during the next nine months, and he moved into Buganan's mobile home in

the spring of 2012.

B. The Charged Offenses

About one month after Ward moved into Buganan's home, she ended their

relationship and told him to take his possessions and move out. She told Ward she would

put his possessions on the back porch for him to pick up and Ward said he would return

to retrieve them. She put his possessions on the porch and, after about one week,…