People v. Hannah CA4/3

FACTS

Appellant has an extensive criminal record that includes convictions for aggravated assault, domestic battery, illegal gun and drug possession, and violating a protective order. He has also suffered two prior strike convictions, the first of which was for making a criminal threat against the mother of his child in 2014. The victim of appellant’s second strike conviction was Ashley H. Even though appellant had successfully pressured her to recant some of her allegations of abuse, he ended up pleading guilty to inflicting corporal injury on, and making a criminal threat against, her. As part of his plea agreement, appellant was placed on probation and ordered to stay away from Ashley. But despite that order, the two met up at appellant’s Garden Grove motel room the very same day it was issued, October 14, 2021. Their reunion was not a peaceful one. Over the next few days, appellant mistreated Ashley so badly that she ended up secretly booking a flight back to her home in Northern California. When appellant caught wind of this, he confronted Ashley in the motel lobby as she was waiting for a ride to the airport in the early morning hours of October 18. Appellant berated Ashley…