P. v. Graham CA5
This case arose from a sudden shooting in front of the Ink Bar in Bakersfield at approximately 1:00 a.m. on April 13, 2014. The shooting occurred during a seemingly spontaneous physical altercation that lasted, in total, about 30 or 40 seconds. The altercation was between Robert Graham (the defendant) and Troy Stewart, both of whom were milling around outside the Ink Bar. As the altercation erupted between them, with punches thrown on both sides, Graham fired three or four shots. Most, if not all the shots, were fired into the ground. Stewart suffered a bullet wound, apparently from a ricocheting bullet. In addition, a bystander, Halim Johnson, suffered a relatively minor injury, either from a bullet fragment or a fragment of the concrete pavement that shattered from shots fired into the ground. Graham was convicted of assault with a firearm on Stewart as well as assault with a firearm on Johnson.
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