People v. Cardoso CA5

FACTS

The Charged Offenses As of January 2013, Christian Hernandez had been seeing Anisa Rosales off and on for about a year.2 They broke up in September 2012, when Hernandez learned she was seeing Cardoso.3 Hernandez saw Rosales frequently and continued to have a sexual relationship with her, even after they broke up. Hernandez never confronted Cardoso about Cardoso’s relationship with Rosales. Hernandez was at Rosales’s house late on the night of January 22. Around midnight, someone knocked on the window. Hernandez was curious who was knocking at the window so late, but Rosales would not answer him. The couple argued and Hernandez — who believed Cardoso had been at the window — choked Rosales, then called 911 to have himself arrested.4 A police officer came and took Hernandez to the

Unspecified references to dates in the statement of facts are to the year 2013. According to Rosales, who testified under a grant of immunity, she and Hernandez broke up around the end of January 2012, because Hernandez physically abused her on multiple occasions. Hernandez was violent and jealous and always carried a gun. Rosales began dating Cardoso in February 2012, and continued to…