[Opinion certified for partial publication.
After his first trial resulted in a hung jury, James Newman Hood was convicted, following a second trial, of first degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187), during which he used a handgun (Pen. Code, § 12022.5, subd. (a)). He was sentenced to prison for four years, plus twenty-five years to life, and appeals, claiming evidence...
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