People v. Hunt CA3

BACKGROUND

Given the nature of defendant’s claims on appeal, we do not recount the facts of the current offense in great detail. It suffices to describe that on December 6, 2021, after Latoya Doe spent the night with defendant, defendant determined, upon looking at Doe’s cell phone, that Doe had been communicating with the father of her children. Upon discovering this, defendant choked Doe for approximately two minutes. Doe was dizzy and having difficulty breathing, but she did not lose consciousness. Defendant then walked into his room and Doe followed. Defendant pushed Doe to the floor, tore her shirt off, and slapped her in the face multiple times. Defendant pushed Doe onto his bed, put his knees on her chest so she could not move, and continued slapping her, while calling her names. When defendant got off Doe, she got up and ran to defendant’s grandparents’ room. Defendant chased her and dragged her by her hair back to his room. Doe had a wig on that defendant pulled off. He had his gun in his hand but no ammunition. When Doe was lying on the floor of defendant’s bedroom, she found she had urinated on herself. Doe heard defendant put a bullet in the gun and cock it. Defendant…