People v. Iuli CA4/1

STATEMENT OF FACTS

In the early morning hours on April 11, 2015, Iuli and his friend, John Arce, got

into a taxi cab for a ride home. The trip ended with a physical altercation between Iuli

and the driver, Morteza Farahani.

When the driver stopped the cab, Iuli, who was angry, struck the driver in the head

numerous times. As the confrontation continued, Arce and Iuli pulled the driver out of

the cab by his legs. The driver hit his head on the pavement and Iuli kicked the driver in

the head.

In an interview with police, Arce confirmed Iuli hit the driver from behind while

the cab was still moving. Arce also said Iuli hit the driver multiple times. The driver

suffered "a fractured nose and jaw."

DISCUSSION

As we have discussed, the claim Iuli made below and repeats in this court, is that

he thought the term "broken jaw" referred to the lower jaw, which would have required

more than a single blow to break. When he discovered it was the upper portion of the

jaw, which is more fragile, that was broken he realized he could possibly construct a self-

3 defense claim based on a single blow. There are, however, some significant baselines we

must consider. First, Iuli did…