P.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Defendant and the victim Arnell Leon-Guerrero were married in 2002.2 They had two children together, and Arnell adopted defendant‘s son from a previous relationship. By all accounts their marriage was marked by frequent hostility and quarrels, increasingly so as time went on. In 2007, defendant and Arnell moved with their children to California. They lived in Antioch and Rodeo, and by August of 2008, they purchased a home in Suisun, but their relationship continued to deteriorate. On February 26, 2010, defendant attempted to commit suicide in front of two of the children by taking pills, and was briefly hospitalized. Soon thereafter, Arnell filed for divorce and obtained a ―restraining order and a move-out order‖ against defendant. Arnell and the children stayed in the Suisun residence while defendant lived temporarily with a friend and in a women‘s shelter. Arnell‘s aunt Norma Taitano moved into the house to help Arnell with the care of the children. Although the divorce proceeding continued, Arnell and defendant decided to ―work on the marriage.‖ In March, defendant moved back into the house with Arnell and the children, but she ―was constantly crying‖ and…