People v. Taylor CA6

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Information On June 27, 2018, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office filed an information charging Taylor with torture (Pen. Code, § 2061; count 1), assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1); count 2), sodomy with an unconscious person (§ 286, subd. (f); count 3), three counts of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, cohabitant, former spouse, or former cohabitant (§ 273.5, subd. (a); counts 4, 6, and 7), two counts of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4); counts 5 and 8), threats to commit a crime resulting death or great bodily injury (§ 422; count 9), and dissuading or attempting to dissuade a witness by use of force or threat of force (§ 136.1, subd. (c)(1); count 10). As to counts 7 and 8, the District Attorney alleged that Taylor personally inflicted great bodily injury under circumstances involving domestic violence (§§ 12022.7, subd. (e), 1203, subd. (e)(3)). B. The Prosecution’s Case 1. The Charged Crimes In 2015, A.D. and Taylor dated for approximately three months. At the time, Taylor was employed as a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. Sometime after they started dating,…