The Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Two, restored an assault with a deadly weapon charge Dec. 13 against a man accused of assaulting his partner in front of their children. The Court of Appeal ruled that Riverside Superior Judge Valerie Navarro incorrectly dismissed the charge on an analysis of the evidence, and only could have dismissed the charge on a finding of fact.
Domestic violence
Prosecutors charged Armando Mendez with three felony counts for assault with a deadly weapon, child endangerment and a criminal threat, and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery.
According to the appellate ruling, Mendez had drunkenly punctured a tire on their car with a
