P. v. Chapman
Filed 8/14/06 P. v. Chapman CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION TWO
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SCHAPRIA CHAPMAN, JR., Defendant and Appellant. | E036328 (Super.Ct.No. FVI-016628) OPINION |
APPEAL from the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. Stephen Ashworth, Judge. Affirmed with directions.
Steven A. Torres, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Lilia E. Garcia, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Janelle Marie Boustany, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
A jury convicted Schapria Chapman of first degree murder. (Pen. Code § 187, subd. (a)), during which he discharged a firearm proximately causing death. (Pen. Code §12022.53, subd. (d).)[1] He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of 25 years to life. He appeals, contending evidence was erroneously excluded, prosecutorial misconduct/incompetency of trial counsel occurred, there was insufficient evidence to support the verdict and his motion for a new trial should have been granted. We reject his contentions and affirm, while directing the trial court to correct an error in the abstract of judgment.[2]
Facts
The victim and his girlfriend (hereinafter, â€
