People v. Haywood CA1/4

BACKGROUND

In March 2017, Haywood physically assaulted his wife on two separate occasions. On the latter occasion, Haywood’s wife tried to run outside and call 9-1-1, but Haywood took her cell phone and prevented her from leaving the house before physically assaulting her. In July 2018, the Tulare County District Attorney charged Haywood by information with two counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, boyfriend, girlfriend or child’s parent after prior conviction (§ 273.5, subd. (f)(1)); one count of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (§ 245, subd. (a)(4)); one count of false imprisonment by violence (§ 236); and one count of interference with a wireless communication device (§ 591.5). In December 2019, while serving a 16-month sentence in Ventura County jail for an unrelated crime, Haywood mailed a section 1381 demand to the Tulare County District Attorney, demanding that prosecution bring the matter to trial or sentencing within the statutory 90-day period. Almost a year later, in November 2020, Haywood filed a motion to dismiss for the Tulare County District Attorney’s failure to bring him to trial following his section 1381 demand. The trial court…