People v. O'Mally CA2/7

Filed 5/13/25 P. v. O’Mally CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B338829

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA085787) v.

SHEANA LATRICE O’MALLY,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Shannon Knight, Judge. Affirmed. Kieran D.C. Manjarrez, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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INTRODUCTION

Sheana Latrice O’Mally appeals from her conviction for assault. We appointed counsel to represent O’Mally on appeal. Counsel for O’Mally reviewed the record and did not identify any arguable issues. (See People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) Nor, after reviewing the record independently, have we. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2022 Rocke Klein was 70 years old and suffering from a variety of medical ailments, including a bad back, an aortic aneurysm, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and scarring of the lungs caused by COVID-19. To help him with his medical conditions, Klein began looking for in-home health care. Eventually, Klein asked O’Mally, whom he met a year or two earlier, to come work for him. Klein told her that if things worked out he would offer her a room in his trailer. On the evening of her first day on the job, however, O’Mally “started getting violent” and became “crazy” and “out of control.” Klein called the police, but the responding officers did not arrest O’Mally. O’Mally stopped working for Klein. O’Mally called Klein several times over the next year, and on September 1, 2023 Klein invited her to his trailer to discuss returning to work for him. O’Mally told Klein she was “better now,” and he agreed to hire her. Klein also agreed to let O’Mally live with him because she was currently living in her car. Later that day, O’Mally returned to Klein’s trailer with her friend, Clara Brownell. Brownell sat on a chair in Klein’s