People v. Williams CA3

BACKGROUND

Defendant and tenant D.M. lived together in late 2019. D.M. decided to move herself and her two young children out of defendant’s home and began to pack their possessions. As D.M. packed her truck, she watched as defendant attempted to close the garage door and leave her outside the home. D.M. blocked the garage door from closing. Enraged by D.M. blocking the garage door, defendant tackled D.M. and punched her in the face at least three times. D.M. hit defendant in the face, broke free of his grasp, and went inside to retrieve her two-year-old son. When D.M. returned to the garage, she saw her truck on fire and defendant holding a gas can. The police responded to defendant’s home, searched it, and found components necessary to manufacture methamphetamine. Law enforcement officers arrested defendant the same day. The People’s second amended complaint identified that defendant’s present offense was a potential violation of probation. At the preliminary examination, Officer Joel Grubb testified that defendant was on probation at the time law enforcement investigated him in late 2019. During the 2021 trial, defendant admitted to five felony convictions, including three…