Hall

After a jury trial, defendant Raheem Hall was found guilty as charged in count I of the information of the murder of Kari Ann Kaye in violation of Penal Code section 187, and the jury found the murder to be of the first degree. The jury further found to be true (1) the allegation that Ms. Kaye had been murdered by appellant while he was engaged in the commission of the crime of robbery, within the meaning of section 190.2, subdivision (a)(17), and (2) that appellant had personally used a firearm, within the meaning of sections 12022.5 and 1203.06, subdivision (a)(1) in the commission of the crime. After the jury failed to reach a verdict as to the penalty, the trial court declared a mistrial as to the penalty. Pursuant to section 190.2, subdivision (a), appellant’s motion for probation was denied, and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole and given conduct credits. Defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction. We affirm.

Contentions

Defendant’s only contentions on appeal are that (1) the trial court erred when it failed to require the prosecutor to justify his exclusion of Blacks from the jury panel and (2) the trial court erred…