People v. Castaneda CA6

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND3

A. Facts and Charges Castaneda was married to D.B.P., with whom he was raising two sons and two daughters, including G.D.C. G.D.C. was born in 2014. A year or two later, Castaneda found out that D.B.P. and Vasquez were having an affair and that G.D.C. was their biological child. D.B.P. and Castaneda divorced in 2016 but continued living together as roommates. Castaneda blamed Vasquez for ruining his marriage. Castaneda began a romantic relationship with a woman in Mexico. Castaneda and D.B.P. discussed Castaneda moving with their sons to Mexico, where Castaneda’s pregnant girlfriend lived, while the daughters, including G.D.C., would stay with D.B.P. In or around 2018, Vasquez sought to gain custody of G.D.C. and change her last name to his. On April 20, 2018, Castaneda, D.B.P., Vasquez, and Vasquez’s friend, Juan, attended a court hearing regarding Vasquez’s request for custody, visitation, and name change. The morning of the hearing, Castaneda put a gun under the floor mat of his truck. During the hearing, Castaneda learned that D.B.P. and Vasquez had been sexually intimate two days before. In the courtroom, the parties were calm and not…