People v. Pierre CA2/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, B305276 (Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. YA098063)

v.

COURTNEY DARREL PIERRE,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Alan B. Honeycutt, Judge. Affirmed. Katja M. Grosch, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. ——————————

Courtney Darrel Pierre appeals from a judgment entered after a jury verdict. Our review is under People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436. An amended information charged Pierre with felony vandalism for damage over $400 (Pen. Code,1 § 594, subd. (a); count 1) and misdemeanor injuring a child’s parent (§ 273.5, subd. (a); count 2). Pierre pleaded not guilty to both counts and the matter proceeded to a jury trial. At trial, the prosecution called the victim, the victim’s sister, and the investigating officer to testify. According to the victim, she and Pierre had been in a relationship for approximately seven to eight years and had two children together. Pierre never lived with the victim and their relationship ended in December 2016. On the evening of April 17, 2018, Pierre went to the victim’s apartment unannounced while the children and victim were home. He entered the apartment without the victim’s permission and became upset when he discovered another man in the victim’s bedroom. The man left the apartment and Pierre ran outside after him. The victim then closed her front door and locked it. When Pierre returned, he broke down the front door and attacked the victim, choking her and striking her eye. The victim ran downstairs to her sister’s apartment unit and Pierre followed. After the sister refused to let Pierre inside, he ran back upstairs and trashed the victim’s apartment. In addition to breaking down the door, Pierre smashed a window and dented the walls. He also damaged several personal items including, but