P. v. Vang
During the course of two days in September 2011, the wife of defendant Cha Pao Vang suffered a series of physical and mental indignities at his hand. He repeatedly hit her with his fists. He repeatedly hit her with a stick. He repeatedly brandished a gun in her face, aimed it at her, and threatened to shoot her. And he repeatedly grabbed and pushed her. A search of defendant’s pickup produced a loaded handgun underneath the passenger seat, and a hypodermic syringe in a backpack.
A jury convicted defendant of four felonies: assault with a firearm (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(2); two counts of making criminal threats involving the personal use of a firearm (Pen. Code, §§ 422, 12022.5); and one count of inflicting corporal injury to a spouse (Pen. Code, § 273.5). The jury also found defendant guilty of the misdemeanor charges of possessing a hypodermic syringe (Bus. & Prof. Code, former § 4140), and possessing a concealed weapon in a motor vehicle (former Pen., Code, § 12025). The trial court sentenced defendant to an aggregate term of 13 years in state prison.
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