P. v. Williams CA2/1
A jury found Travion Marqurse Williams (Williams) guilty of second degree robbery and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (§ 246; count 2). In addition, the jury found gang (§§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C), 186.22, subd. (b)(4)) and firearm allegations asserted against Williams to be true. The trial court sentenced Williams to 35 years to life in state prison.
On appeal, Williams does not challenge the robbery conviction; in fact, he concedes that the People’s case on that count was “airtight.” Instead, he argues that his conviction on the shooting count should be reversed because there was insufficient evidence to establish that he shot at the victim’s car. In addition, Williams contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial lawyer failed to move to (a) sever his trial from that of his codefendant, Michael Allotey (Allotey), and/or (b) bifurcate the gang enhancement charges from the robbery and shooting counts.
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