People v. Turcios CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

Turcios lived with Doe 1 and Doe 2 in their Pittsburg home for about 10 years before he and Doe 1 ended their relationship. Doe 1 obtained a restraining order against him a few months before the altercation, which occurred on July 1, 2018. Doe 2 testified that on that day, she was in her bedroom with her boyfriend when she heard noises and saw her mother’s bedroom door close. Doe 2 suspected that Turcios had entered the house and gone into her mother’s bedroom, where Doe 1 was lying in bed recovering from a back injury. Doe 2 went to her mother’s bedroom and saw Turcios lying on the bed next to Doe 1. Concerned, Doe 2 asked her mother if she was all right, but there was no response. Doe 2 left her mother’s bedroom to call a friend for help, but she then heard Doe 1 scream her name. According to Doe 1, Turcios, who appeared to be drunk, had entered her bedroom, lay down on the bed with her, and told her he loved her. He then “began to squeeze [her] neck” and told her he was going to kill her, at which point she yelled for Doe 2. In contrast to Doe 2, Doe 1 did not recall her daughter being in the room before Doe 1 yelled for help.

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