P.
P. v. Wiggins CA4/2
Opinion
Opinion
INTRODUCTION
Defendant Krist Antonio Wiggins shot and killed Police Officer Sergio Carrera
during a SWAT team‟s execution of a search warrant on defendant. Defendant appeals
from judgment entered following a jury conviction for involuntary manslaughter, as a
lesser included offense of murder. (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (b).)1 After a mistrial and
retrial of the personal use enhancement, the jury found true the enhancement. (§ 12022.5,
subd. (a).) The trial court sentenced defendant to 14 years in prison, consisting of four
years for involuntary manslaughter plus 10 years for the firearm allegation.
Defendant raises numerous issues regarding both trials, including challenges to the
sufficiency of evidence, instructional error, evidentiary error, and ineffective assistance
of counsel (IAC). We conclude there was no prejudicial or cumulative error and affirm
the judgment.
II
FACTS
First Trial—Involuntary Manslaughter
On October 18, 2007, the Rialto Police Department SWAT team executed a
narcotics search warrant at defendant‟s residence. The police were informed there were
gang members with narcotics and weapons at the residence, and the gang members were
known to be…