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BACKGROUND

Defendant pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, a crime which resulted in the death of defendant’s boyfriend Jarrett Reynolds. Prior to sentencing in this matter,

1 defendant submitted a “sentencing statement” to the trial court asking the court to grant defendant probation or, alternately, to impose the low term of three years in state prison. Attached to that statement were numerous letters and a psychological evaluation of defendant authored by Philip. S. Trompetter, Ph.D., ABPP. In his evaluation, Dr. Trompetter noted defendant had been gang-raped in high school, was molested when she was a small child, and been forced into anal sex with the decedent. Dr. Trompetter also noted defendant had a significant history of substance abuse, including alcohol, marijuana, and methamphetamine. Dr. Trompetter diagnosed defendant with major depressive disorder with recurrent episodes of severe depression, and symptoms consistent with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the gang rape and molestation. He also concluded defendant met the criteria for polysubstance dependence (alcohol and marijuana at the time of the report). With respect to defendant’s…