The People v. Williams CA1/1

Filed 9/27/13 P. v. Williams CA1/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A130138

v. HENRY DON WILLIAMS, (Solano County Super. Ct. No. FCR259067) Defendant and Appellant.

A jury found defendant Henry Don Williams mistook Fairfield city councilman Matt Garcia for a methamphetamine dealer who owed a friend $50, and shot and killed him in the driveway of a home in Fairfield. Defendant maintains his first degree murder conviction should be reversed because the trial court erred in denying his change of venue and Batson/Wheeler1 motions, abused its discretion in admitting certain evidence, and erred in failing to instruct the jury accomplice testimony or statements required corroboration. He also complains of…