People v. Owens CA2/7

Filed 11/15/22 P. v. Owens CA2/7 NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS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, B318208

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA497687) v.

MARVIN LAMAR OWENS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Frederick N. Wapner, Judge. Affirmed. Miriam K. Billington, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. No appearance for Plaintiff and Respondent. _______________

Marvin Lamar Owens appeals from the judgment entered following his conviction after a jury trial of willfully inflicting corporal injury on a cohabitant or former cohabitant (Pen. Code, § 273.5, subd. (a)),1 with a true finding by the jury that Owens had personally inflicted great bodily injury (§ 12022.7, subd. (e)); battery with serious bodily injury (§ 243, subd. (d)); and contempt of court (violation of a domestic violence restraining order) (§ 166, subd. (c)(1)). No arguable issues have been identified following review of the record by Owens’s appointed appellate counsel. We also have identified no arguable issues after our own independent review of the record and analysis of the contentions presented by Owens in a handwritten supplemental submission. We affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The evidence at trial established that Owens and Wannetta W. had an on-and-off dating relationship for an extended period (approximately 16 years). They often lived together. There were multiple instances of domestic abuse during their relationship, although Wannetta did not report most of them because she both cared for Owens and was afraid of him. On August 9, 2021 Owens and Wannetta lived together on property owned by Wannetta’s grandmother. Wannetta testified that, when Owens came home on that day, he asked her why their neighbor was outside with the police. (Owens had had an argument with that neighbor several days earlier.) Wannetta, who was in bed, said she did not know. Owens slapped Wannetta three times, saying “Bitch, stop playing with me.” Wannetta walked to the living room to try to end the encounter. Owens