Opinion ID: 2714950
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Text: After Villanueva-Gonzalez's longtime girl friend returned from a night out dancing without him, she went into their children's bedroom. Villanueva-Gonzalez entered the room and told her to get out. She did not leave the room, so he pulled her out. After pulling her out of the room, he hit her head with his forehead, breaking her ----nose-in-two-_places-andcausing-her-to -hleed-profusely-.----hle-then-grabbed-her-by-the-- neck and held her against some furniture. She was unable to get up while he was holding her, and she said it was hard to breathe because of the blood running down her face and because he was holding her by the neck. In response to a report of a domestic disturbance, the police arrived and arrested Villanueva-Gonzalez. His girl friend went to the hospital for a CAT (computerized axial tomography) scan and medical treatment. The State charged Villanueva-Gonzalez with two counts of second degree assault. 1 Count one alleged that Villanueva-Gonzalez intentionally assaulted the 1 Villanueva-Gonzalez was also charged with and convicted of first degree criminal impersonation for giving a false name to the police when they arrived to investigate the domestic violence incident. That conviction is not at issue in this case. 2 State v. Villanueva-Gonzalez No. 89364-1 victim by strangulation, contrary to former RCW 9A.36.021(1)(g) (2007). Clerk's Papers (CP) at 22. Count two alleged that Villanueva-Gonzalez intentionally assaulted the victim and thereby did recklessly inflict substantial bodily harm, contrary to RCW 9A.36.021(1)(a). !d. at 23. Both were charged as domestic violence offenses. The parties later agreed to include fourth degree assault as a lesser included charge on both counts one and two. For count one (based on grabbing the victim's neck), the jury convicted Villanueva-Gonzalez of the lesser included charge of fourth degree assault. For count two (based on the head butt), the jury convicted Villanueva-Gonzalez of second -------d€gre€-assault.--V-illanueva-Qonzalez-appealeci-,-eontending-thatthe-two-eonvictions - violated double jeopardy. The Court of Appeals agreed and reversed the fourth degree assault conviction. State v. Villanueva-Gonzalez, 175 Wn. App. 1, 8, 304 P.3d 906 (2013). The State petitioned for review, which we granted. State v. VillanuevaGonzalez, 179 Wn.2d 1008, 316 P.3d 494 (2014). ISSUE Did Villanueva-Gonzalez's convictions for second degree assault and fourth degree assault violate double jeopardy?