P. v. Hider
Filed 4/24/06 P. v. Hider CA2/4
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
| THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NIGEL HIDER, Defendant and Appellant. | B179283 (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. TA074327) |
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, John T. Doyle, Judge. Affirmed.
William L. McKinney for Defendant and Appellant.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews and Juliet H. Swoboda, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Nigel Hider challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction of offenses stemming from an attack at a home in Gardena. He also claims ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct. We find no basis for reversal and affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY
On the evening of January 10, 2004, gunshots were fired at the home of Bobbie Gean Williams (Bobbie Gean) in Gardena and a Molotov cocktail was thrown onto the roof of the home. Bobbie Gean, her husband, her son Marcelle Williams, Sr. (Marcelle) her two grandsons, and her granddaughter were inside the home. Bobbie Gean and her son, Marcelle identified appellant as the man they saw standing outside the house near a fence. Before the shots were fired, Marcelle saw appellant with a gun pointed toward the kitchen. Witnesses identified Rick Lawson as the person who threw the burning Molotov cocktail onto the roof of the Williams' home, causing damage to the roof and other parts of the residence. Appellant and Lawson were members of the Pay Back Crips gang. Marcelle had refused to join the gang and had been harassed by gang members for several months preceding the January 10 incident. Between December 2003 and January 10, 2004, appellant told Marcelle that he was going to â€
