People v. Weddle CA3

FACTS

Margaret Weddle was separated from defendant--her husband--and shared an apartment with her friend Crystal Duchien, now known as Crystal Huffaker. Defendant visited the apartment once or twice a week. Weddle told Huffaker she was going to divorce her husband. Defendant brought a handgun to the apartment after a series of burglaries in the apartment complex. Defendant showed Weddle and Huffaker how to operate the gun, which Weddle kept loaded and holstered in her bedroom. On December 1, 2011, Weddle was at work when defendant came to the apartment. He told Huffaker that Weddle had told him money was missing from the apartment. When Weddle arrived at the apartment about 10 minutes later, she put her purse down in the living room (on top of divorce paperwork that she had brought home with her) and went to her bedroom to talk with defendant. Huffaker, who remained on the living room couch, could hear the two discussing the missing money and jewelry. After they came out to the living room, defendant lifted up Weddle’s purse and saw the divorce papers. He threw the divorce papers on the floor and confronted Weddle about them; Weddle asked him to leave. Defendant went into…