People v. Moarefy CA2/6

FACTS

Courtney Cassells testified on December 16, 2017, that she was living in an apartment complex. She heard “a lot of yelling” directly above her apartment. She heard a male saying he was “going to kill [her]” and a female saying she “was going to stab him.” She heard a boy crying. Cassells went upstairs and knocked on the door of the upstairs apartment and said, “ ‘Quiet down or else I’m going to call the police.’ ” A woman opened the door and “she seemed scared.” Moarefy “came running” to the door. “He came out forcefully.” He “pushed [the woman] out of the way.” With an “angry, vicious” demeanor, Moarefy asked Cassells, two or three times, “Do you want to come to my house?” Moarefy had a silver and black handgun in his hand. Cassells testified the gun was “at his side at first, but once the female was out of the way, he raised it a little bit towards [her] lower half.” He pointed the gun at her. He was three or four feet away from her. Moarefy was outside the apartment and he was looking at Cassells while he was pointing the gun at her. Cassells raised her hands. She testified, “I was really scared. I thought he was going to do something.” As she walked

2 down the stairs,…