People v. Matthews CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Our record does not include the information or abstract of judgment.

1. Preliminary Hearing Counsel represented petitioner at a preliminary hearing in April 1981. Police Officer William Holcomb testified that he interviewed petitioner in Louisiana. Petitioner told Holcomb that a month earlier on March 16, petitioner observed two of his friends, whose monikers were Snipper and Mugga, with a .12-gauge shotgun. When Mugga told petitioner that they were going to “bust on some Six-Deuces,” petitioner volunteered to drive them. Petitioner “then stated that himself along with

2 several of his friends entered a car that he had stolen the day prior and drove around the area of 60th and San Pedro looking for some Six-Deuces to shoot.” When his friends exited the car to shoot the Six-Deuces, petitioner “remained at the location with the doors open and the engine running . . . so that they could make a fast getaway.” After the shooting, petitioner drove his friends home. Officer Holcomb did not define “bust on,” and no other witness at the preliminary hearing testified as to the meaning of that term.

2. Plea and Sentence Petitioner pleaded guilty to murder in violation of…