People v. Duran CA4/3

FACTS

The Crime In the early afternoon of September 23, 2007, defendant’s cousin, Deidre Allen, went to defendant’s Palm Springs home to return a borrowed drill. Allen knocked on the front door, but no one answered. Allen heard music playing inside and the sound of a vacuum cleaner, so she sat down near a fountain in the front yard to wait. After about 5 or 10 minutes, defendant opened the door, yelled Allen’s name, and slammed the door shut. Allen then decided to open the door herself and go inside. Allen found defendant standing to one side of the door, talking excitedly and repeatedly saying Villanueva had come at her with a knife. In the dining room, Allen saw Villanueva lying in a pool of blood. At first, Allen did not know what to do so she called a couple of relatives before dialing 911. As reflected in a recording of the 911 call, Allen spoke to the dispatcher first. Allen told the dispatcher defendant said the handyman attacked her with a knife. The dispatcher asked to speak directly to defendant, and defendant told the dispatcher a man attacked her and she was scared. After the 911

2 call, Allen saw defendant punch herself in the face several times, actions Allen…