People v. Torres CA5

BACKGROUND

Isaias was born in Mexico in August 1964 and came to the United States in 1982. His permanent resident card states he has been a resident since December 1990. Isaias’s parents live in Tulare County. His father is approximately 80 years old and his mother is three or four years younger. Isaias has four brothers and one sister living in Tulare County. Isaias’s brother Victor was born in Mexico in 1966 and his sister Araceli was born there in 1978. From Isaias’s arrival in 1982 until his arrest in 2011, he lived in Porterville and worked in Tulare County, often in agricultural jobs, such as field work and packing. Isaias has two children, and they are United States citizens. His son was born in June 1987 to his wife at the time. About a decade later, he had a daughter with a woman who had two other children. Isaias and his daughter’s mother were together for about 10 years. Isaias helped raise and take care of their daughter and the mother’s other two

Unlabeled statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2. children. Isaias and his daughter’s mother separated about a year before charges were brought against him. The Charges In April 2011, Isaias was arrested for…