People v. McLucas CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

According to the probation officer's report prepared in connection with sentencing

in this case, McLucas's conviction arose out of an incident on February 22, 2014, during

which he may have been suffering a psychotic episode possibly triggered by the use of

drugs. According to statements that McLucas's wife gave to police, McLucas was acting

agitated and paranoid inside their home. McLucas pushed the couch in front of the door

and barricaded the windows, appearing to believe that there was someone outside who

was going to kill him. McLucas did not allow his wife to exit the home and was

swinging knives and a baseball bat around the room. After several hours, McLucas

called paramedics to report his wife was having chest pains.

Unless otherwise noted, all further statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2 McLucas was charged with (1) making a criminal threat, while personally using a

deadly and dangerous weapon (§§ 422, 1192.7, subd. (c)(23)) (count 1); (2) false

imprisonment by violence, menace, fraud or deceit (§§ 236, 237, subd. (a)) (count 2); and

(3) exhibiting a deadly weapon other than a firearm (§…