Hin

Opinion of the Court by Liu, J.

Defendant Mao Hin was sentenced to death in 2005 for the murder of Alfonso Martinez during the commission of a robbery and kidnapping, and while participating in, and for the benefit of, a criminal street gang (count 1). (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189, 190.2, subd. (a)(17)(A), (B), (22); all undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) The jury also convicted Hin of the willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder of Deborah Pizano during the same incident (count 3) (§§ 664, 187, subd. (a)) and for the second degree robbery of both Martinez and Pizano (counts 2 and 4) (§ 211), and it found true allegations that a principal personally and intentionally discharged a firearm leading to death or great bodily injury during the commission of those crimes (§ 12022.53, subds. (d), (e)). The jury found not true that the murder, attempted murder, and robberies were committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang. (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1).) In addition, the jury convicted Hin of five counts of willful, deliberate, and premeditated attempted murder (counts 5 through 9) (§§ 664, subd. (a), 187, subd. (a)) for a separate incident…