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FACTS

According to her 911 call and an interview with a female police officer the day of

the crimes, Mechelle said that she and the victim were boyfriend and girlfriend and

shared an apartment into which they had moved on November 2, 2010. Mechelle had

placed sticks in all the windows of the apartment because defendant, her ex-boyfriend,

had “followed her” to the apartment when she moved and then had told her that he was

going to break in and kill everyone. On November 18, 2010, when Mechelle went to the

local Wal-Mart, behind which defendant “lived,” defendant followed her around the store

so she would not talk to another man, then, in the parking lot, removed the ignition key

from her car and told her she could not go anywhere because he “‘kn[ew she] was with

[the victim].2’” On either this or another occasion, defendant got on the back of her car

at Wal-Mart and held on while she drove because she would not let him in her car. He

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.

2 We have redacted the victim’s statement so as to not include the horrendously offensive racial word defendant used to describe the victim.

2 finally…