Harris

Filed 10/1/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE, B325948

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA284216) v.

KWANA HARRIS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Richard S. Kemalyan, Judge. Affirmed. Judith Kahn, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1100 and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of part III of the Discussion. Attorney General, Noah P. Hill and Eric J. Kohm, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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In 2009, a jury convicted defendant and appellant Kwana Harris of first degree murder, which a trial court later reduced to second degree murder pursuant to People v. Chiu (2014) 59 Cal.4th 155 (Chiu). Harris now appeals from the trial court’s order denying her petition…