People v. Rogers CA3

BACKGROUND

In early 2021, defendant was serving a three-year prison sentence for stalking. A correctional officer received notice defendant had violated a restraining order. Upon a search of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s records, the officer found defendant had attempted to call the victim 21 times and one of those calls connected. An audiotape of that call was played for the trial court. The officer contacted the victim. She informed the officer she was previously in an abusive relationship with defendant that had ended. She described the abuse as physical and told the officer defendant had harassed her after the relationship ended. The victim said she had received many calls from the prison and she answered the one call to tell defendant to stop contacting her. The victim reported defendant said it is “going to be all bad for her” upon his release from custody and she interpreted this as a threat. The victim told the officer she was in fear for her life from defendant. She reported defendant had previously appeared at her work with a firearm and threatened her and her family’s lives. In addition to the phone calls, defendant sent numerous letters to her and…