People v. Tuggle

Opinion

KLINE, P. J.

—Steven Ramon Higgle appeals from convictions of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and intimidation of a witness. He contends his conviction must be reversed because of the prosecutor’s discriminatory use of peremptory challenges and the trial court’s errors in admitting evidence of his prior assaults on the victim and failing to instruct the jury on the lesser offenses. He also claims the evidence was insufficient to support the court’s decision to sentence him as a habitual offender under Penal Code section 667.7, the court violated the prohibition against…