People v. Jeon CA2/1

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B264479

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA428834) v.

IK SOO JEON,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Melissa N. Widdifield, Judge. Affirmed. Ik Soo Jeon, in pro. per.; Andrea S. Bitar, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. __________________________________

An information charged Ik Soo Jeon with one count of willful infliction of corporal injury on a spouse, cohabitant or girlfriend (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a); count 1)1 and one count of assault with a deadly weapon, a knife (§ 245, subd. (a)(1); count 2). The information alleged, in the commission of the offense charged in count 1, Jeon personally inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim under circumstances involving domestic violence, within the meaning of section 12022.7, subdivision (e). The information also alleged Jeon had a prior serious felony conviction within the meaning of sections 667, subdivision (a)(1), 667, subdivisions (b)-(j), and 1170.12. Substantial evidence presented at trial demonstrates: In the early morning on August 22, 2014, the victim, Ji Yoon L., woke one of the tenants in her apartment building by knocking on his door. Ms. L. was screaming, indicating she wanted him to dial 911. When the man opened his apartment door, he found Ms. L. lying on the ground and noticed she had blood on her face. The man dialed 911, and paramedics and officers responded. One of the responding officers observed that Ms. L. was “[e]xtremely bloody” and there was “huge swelling on her face.” Ms. L. told the officer her boyfriend (Jeon) had caused her injuries. During a subsequent interview at the hospital, Ms. L. told the officer Jeon punched her in the face approximately 10 times and held a kitchen knife to her throat. Ms. L. also told the emergency room physician and a detective that Jeon had caused her injuries by punching her multiple times. According to the emergency room physician, Ms. L. had “extensive” bruising on both the right and left sides of her face and also had multiple fractures in the bones in her face. The prosecution called Ms. L. to testify at trial. Ms. L. stated she lied to the police when she told them Jeon punched her multiple times in the face and held a knife to her neck. According to her testimony, at the time of the August 22, 2014 incident, she was under the influence of alcohol and medication she was taking for depression and panic attacks. She became upset when she came home to the apartment she shared with Jeon and found him packing to leave. She threatened to kill herself and grabbed a kitchen