P. v. Thyne CA6
Defendant Christopher Charles Thyne stabbed Miguel Marquez several times one night outside a drug store. A jury found defendant guilty of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187), and found true the allegations that he personally used a deadly weapon (Pen. Code, § 12022, subd. (b)(1)) and personally inflicted great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 12022.7, subd. (a)). Defendant’s appellate arguments all relate to a single question the prosecutor asked during the direct examination of a police detective: “Does [‘chiva’ (a Spanish word for snitch)] come up a lot in gang cases?” Defendant contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for not moving to strike the question or to have the jury admonished, and that the trial court erred by denying his mistrial and new trial motions. For the reasons stated here, we will affirm the judgment.
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