People v. Wildman CA2/6

Facts Appellant was a methamphetamine dealer. In 2006, he began a dating relationship with one of his customers, Paula Napoli. By 2010, their relationship soured. The couple fought frequently and sometimes violently. On one occasion in 2010, appellant spit in Napoli's face, knocked her to the ground and shook her shoulders, causing her head to hit the concrete beneath her. During other fights, he stabbed her in the ear with a key, poked her in the eye, sprayed brake cleaner on her and ripped a necklace from her neck. In June 2010, appellant sprayed Napoli with pepper spray. He also injured her by stepping on her foot while he was wearing boots. Appellant became friends with Darren Ziegler in 2005. Ziegler, who worked as an auto mechanic, bought methamphetamine from appellant. The two men also worked on cars together. Their friendship ended in 2008 or 2009 after Ziegler accused appellant of selling him substandard drugs. Appellant stopped selling drugs to Ziegler or spending time with him socially. As the relationship between Napoli and appellant deteriorated, she started dating Ziegler and using drugs with him. Soon, she was seeing both men at the same time. Appellant told…