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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KGPE)- A acold calculated killer, oregon an abused ex-wife who snapped? That is what a South Valley assemblage volition person to determine successful the proceedings of Erika Sandoval.
Sandoval took the basal to attest that she changeable her ex-husband Daniel Green backmost successful 2015. She says she broke into the Exeter Police officer's Goshen home, grabbed a weapon connected the refrigerator, and erstwhile helium came location from the gym hid successful a closet and changeable him erstwhile helium went to the bathroom.
On Monday, Dr. Gemil Rogers testified. She specializes successful Psychology.
She testified that aft interviewing, analyzing, and investigating Sandoval, on with the facts of the case, Green was the predominant aggressor successful their relationship.
"Did you behaviour a assortment of assessments connected Miss Sandoval?," asked Defense Attorney Morgan Blankenship.
"Yes, that is correct," answered Dr. Rogers.
Dr. Rogers was hired by Sandoval's defence squad to measure the rocky narration betwixt Green and Sandoval.
“Based connected each your reappraisal of the material, did you place a predominant aggressor successful this relationship?” asked Blankenship.
"Yes, I did," answered Rogers.
"Who was that?" said Blankenship.
"It was Mr. Green," said Rogers.
"Why?," asked Attorney Blankenship.
"Given erstwhile we look astatine the frequence and severity, the benignant of behavior, portion the reappraisal of records did bespeak that Miss Sandoval broke immoderate things connected occasion, and engaged successful name-calling, helium engaged successful astir each portion of the powerfulness power wheel," said Rogers.
The powerfulness power instrumentality is simply a instrumentality that Dr. Rogers and different researchers usage to survey intimate spouse violence, which is home unit by a existent oregon erstwhile spouse oregon spouse.
"Physical abuse, it tin beryllium affectional abuse," said Dr. Rogers.
Dr. Rogers besides testified that Sandoval did conscionable each 7 criteria for Battered Woman Syndrome, which is simply a signifier of behaviors by idiosyncratic who has been abused.
She testified that if idiosyncratic broke into an abuser's location it would beryllium a high-stress concern and owed to the circumstances, it is imaginable that Sandoval made an affectional determination connected Feb. 6, 2015.
"it is simply a fear-based response," said Rogers.
During cross-examination, Prosecutor David Alavezos pointed retired the sex bias successful the powerfulness wheel, which referred to the unfortunate arsenic she and her.
"Is it bias to presume that men cannot beryllium victims?" asked Alavezos.
Dr. Rogers suggested that implicit 90% of predominant aggressors are antheral but that doesn't mean men don't acquisition home violence.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline reports that 1 successful 7 men implicit the property of 18 successful the United States is simply a unfortunate of carnal maltreatment by a partner. The fig is higher for women, with 1 successful 4 reporting abuse.
The Defense squad retained Dr. Rogers and is expected to wage her astir $15,000 for her enactment connected the lawsuit and for testifying. She says connected the basal the wealth does not impact her testimony.
Both Green and Sandoval were arrested for home unit successful 2011.
