People v. Price CA4/2

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant and the victim were friends who lived together. On April 9, 2015, they

engaged in an argument. The next evening, defendant was driving on a road where he

passed the victim and the victim’s female friend, who were walking alongside.

Defendant pulled the vehicle over and backed up. Defendant opened the trunk of the

vehicle and removed a crowbar.

2 The victim told defendant he did not want to fight. Defendant hit the victim on the

side of the head with the crowbar. The victim fell to the ground. Defendant left in the

vehicle. The victim and the female returned home where someone called the police.

The responding officer found the victim lying on the floor inside his home. The

victim had sustained an injury to the top of his head, which was bleeding. He appeared to

be going in and out of consciousness. The victim was transported to the hospital where

he received five staples to his head. Since the incident, the victim has had continual

migraine headaches and blurred vision in his left eye.

The victim’s female friend gave the officer a description of defendant and the

vehicle. When officers located the vehicle, an officer took…