People v. Lee CA2/7

Filed 1/16/26 P. v. Lee CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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, B341781

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. MA086033) v.

DAWYNE LAMAR LEE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Emily J. Cole, Judge. Affirmed. Ava R. Stralla, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________ Dawyne Lamar Lee appeals from a judgment after his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to three years in state prison for making criminal threats. We appointed counsel to represent Lee on appeal. After reviewing the record, counsel for Lee filed a brief pursuant to People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d

436 that did not identify any arguable issues. After independently reviewing the record, we have not identified any either. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In October 2023 Marie G. and Lee had been dating for three years and had one child together. Marie was pregnant with her second child. On October 29 Marie was living in her Palmdale home with Lee, Marie’s sister Azhane P., and Azhane’s three children. Lee became drunk and began arguing with Marie, accusing her of being unfaithful and engaging in incest. Marie told Lee to go outside and cool down. When Lee left the house, Marie locked the door and told Lee that he could not come back inside until he calmed down. Marie then walked into Azhane’s bedroom to go to sleep. Lee went to Azhane’s window from outside the house and pushed the window air conditioning unit into the room. The air conditioning unit fell to the floor, and Lee attempted to enter the home through the window. Azhane went to the window and tried to stop Lee from entering. Lee and Azhane “started tussling” over the part of the window above the air conditioning unit, and the window fell and cut Azhane on her face. Azhane’s face started bleeding, and she went to the bathroom to tend to her injury. Lee went to the front of the house and entered through a broken window. When Azhane came out of the bathroom and saw Lee, she went into the kitchen to get a knife. Azhane retrieved a steak knife and moved toward Lee while holding it at her side. In response, Lee raised a bottle of liquor above his head