People v. Elize

Opinion

ZEBROWSKI, J.

Defendant Passage Elize worked as an armed security guard at a food market. He was apparently romantically involved with two women simultaneously, one of whom was or had been pregnant with his child. Both women were physically larger than defendant. The women came to defendant’s place of work together, and a violent altercation followed. At the conclusion of the altercation, defendant had a broken wrist and one shot had been fired from defendant’s handgun. At a jury trial defendant was convicted of assault with a firearm on one woman (Pen. Code, § 245 subd. (a)(2)) and…