People v. Campos CA2/5

Facts At about 3:30 a.m. on June 19, 2014, Joseph Gonzalez was awoken by his dog’s barking and the voice of his mother, telling him she heard something outside. Gonzalez went outside to investigate and saw a person running away. Gonzalez noticed that both mirrors on his car had been cleanly broken off and were lying on the ground next to the car. Gonzalez also saw a flashlight on the ground. He recognized it as belonging to appellant, who used to live next door to Gonzalez. Gonzalez got into his car and began to make a u-turn to chase the intruder. Appellant came out of some bushes to the side of Gonzalez and hit the car with a machete. Gonzalez tried to maneuver the car, but ended up stuck back where he had started. Gonzalez did not have a cell phone to call police, so he got out of the car. Appellant was standing there with the machete raised. Gonzalez grabbed appellant’s hand and moved appellant’s arm down, but the machete hit Gonzalez in the forehead and hand in the process. Gonzalez and appellant began to fight. Appellant said he was going to kill Gonzalez’s parents. Gonzalez was able to hit appellant in the face and ribs, and to prevent appellant from hitting him with the…