P. v. Long
On May 30, 2008, Stephen Mendonca and his friends Robert Beck and James Nicholas returned home to the apartment Mendonca shared with his mother. Defendant Brad Lee Long, who used to date Mendoncas mother, was out in the parking lot talking with a friend in a white sport utility vehicle. Ms. Mendonca told her son that defendant had refused her request to leave the apartment complex, and she asked him to tell defendant to leave. While Nicholas was in the bathroom, Mendonca and Beck went outside to talk to defendant. Defendant was standing in the open doorway of the drivers side of the vehicle. Mendonca asked defendant to leave, but defendant refused unless Ms. Mendonca came out and asked him. As Mendonca turned, defendant kicked him in the groin. Mendonca responded by punching defendant and they ended up in a fight on the ground. Nicholas arrived and saw defendant on top of Mendonca with Beck standing by. During the fight on the ground, Mendonca realized he had been stabbed and was bleeding. He called to Beck that defendant was stabbing him and asked Beck to get defendant off.
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