People v. Walker CA4/2

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

At the time of the offense, the victim had dated defendant for about two years;

they had a daughter together. On July 4, 2014, defendant, the victim, and their daughter,

who was about 16 months old at the time, were staying at a hotel-casino. Throughout the

day, defendant went back and forth between the hotel room and the casino, drinking and

gambling. He returned to the hotel room a final time around 11:00 p.m.; he was drunk

and angry. The victim was upset that she and their daughter had been stuck in the room

all day, and that they had not seen the fireworks together. (Walker I, supra, E067404.)

Defendant started yelling and slapped the victim on the face at least twice. The

victim went to lie down on the bed with their daughter to try and diffuse the situation.

However, defendant still yelled at her and called her names. Defendant then hit the

victim in the face. Their daughter woke up crying; the victim tried to calm her down.

Defendant grabbed their daughter from the victim and would not give her back. He then

stood up, held their daughter on his left side, and started punching the victim with his

On October 27, 2021,…