People v. Rickard CA4/1

BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL FACTS

We take the following facts from our prior, unpublished opinion

People v. Rickard, supra, D017250.2 “On August 11, 1991, Rickard and others lived under and near highway bridges in the riverbed of the San Diego River in Mission Valley in the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Interstate 5 freeway. Rickard lived with his girlfriend, Stacy Meachem, and both of them used methamphetamine regularly, including the morning of August 11. Meachem told Rickard that Amanda O[.] had come to their camp the day before and had argued over a $5 debt, with the two of them trading insults. Meachem related that [Amanda] choked her and rubbed a knife against her leg. Moreover, [Amanda] caused

Further unspecified statutory references are to the Penal Code.

We granted Rickard’s request to take judicial notice of the files in case No. D017250. 2 Meachem to redeem her collection of cans worth $3, giving the proceeds to [Amanda], to return some borrowed pants and to hand [Amanda] her mostly full pack of cigarettes. Meachem told Rickard that [Amanda] had ‘raped’ her. “On hearing what Meachem told him, Rickard became angry and he announced they had to go over to…