Opinion ID: 844204
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Shooting of Shawn Boyd

Text: Lieutenant Robert Miller of the Colton Police Department investigated a shooting that had occurred at the home of defendant‟s mother in February 1996. Miller testified that the victim, Shawn Boyd, told him that he was visiting defendant‟s mother on the evening of February 23. Around 11:45 p.m., Boyd mentioned in conversation that he was doing well and had a job and new clothes. Defendant became jealous and agitated, telling Boyd to “get into the motherfucking room” and pointing to the master bedroom. When Boyd resisted, defendant threatened to “plug” him. He then shoved Boyd toward the bedroom, pulled out a handgun and shot him in the face. Boyd ran through the bedroom and jumped from the second story through a glass window. The prosecution‟s firearms expert at the guilt phases, William Matty, testified that the bullet recovered from the scene of that shooting was fired from the Lorcin handgun that was recovered from the trunk of Lateshia Winkler‟s car during the Pepper Steak Restaurant investigation.