Riggs

INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted Rodney Herbert Riggs of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, among other charges. We affirm. In the unpublished

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of Discussion parts I and II. portion of this opinion, we reject Riggs’s first two claims that there was insufficient evidence to establish the knowledge or intent element of the assault with a semiautomatic firearm counts and the trial court erred by declining defense counsel’s request for instructions on accident and mistake of law. In the published portion, we reject Riggs’s claim that his trial counsel was ineffective because, during part of the trial, he was temporarily suspended from the California State Bar for purported noncompliance with trust account reporting requirements.

BACKGROUND

A jury convicted Riggs of two counts of assault with a semiautomatic

firearm (Pen. Code, 1 § 245, subd. (b) [counts 1 and 2]); assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(1) [count 3]); inflicting traumatic injury on a person with whom he had a current or previous dating relationship (§…