People v. Lewis CA4/1
Opinion
Opinion
Huffman, J.
STATEMENT OF FACTS
On June 8, 2013, Lewis was driving a vehicle which contained several family
members and friends. There were four people other than Lewis in the car. Lewis and
Ashley Zollicoffer were in the front seats. Shajata Everette, Shyniah Smith and Ronald
Perry were in the back seat.
At about 11:00 p.m., Lewis passed a police car which was travelling in the
opposite direction. Everette said: "Oh, shit, there's a police car." Lewis stopped the car
and asked Zollicoffer to switch places with him because he did not have a valid driver's
license.
All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. 2 Shortly after Lewis and Zollicoffer switched places a police car pulled in behind
them and was attempting to make a traffic stop. As they pulled over, Lewis said: "Oh,
shit, I still have that gun." Lewis then reached over to the back seat and gave a .
caliber, semiautomatic pistol to Perry and told Perry to hide it. Perry tried to hide the gun
behind the armrest of the rear passenger door by pulling on the door panel. Ultimately
Perry placed the gun under the front passenger seat.