P. v. Zeigler
In March 2011, 20-year-old Khalil A. was shot in the chest with a silver revolver in Chico. The shooting occurred toward the end of a party in a parking lot outside a club at around 1:00 a.m. The shooter came up to Khalil A., started “acting tough,†and claimed to be a Blood gang member from Compton. Khalil A. asked the shooter, “ ‘How you going to act tough with a church shirt on?’ †The shooter responded by firing at Khalil A., hitting him in the chest. The shooter was facing him, with nobody in between, from about six to 10 feet away. The shooter then took off running. Khalil A. identified defendant Anchalla Andre Zeigler as the shooter in a photographic lineup and in court. So did a friend of his who saw the shooting. When police searched defendant’s home, they found a revolver that looked similar to the one used in the shooting that had one spent casing inside, indicating the gun had been fired once. A jury found defendant guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter (which was a lesser included offense of charged murder), assault with a firearm, and felon in possession of a firearm.
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