McCowan

Following the filing and publication of our opinion in this case, the California Supreme Court granted hearing and transferred the cause to that court. Recently, the Supreme Court ordered the cause retransferred to this court for reconsideration in light of People v. Skinner (1985) 39 Cal.3d 765 [ 217 Cal.Rptr. 685 , 704 P.2d 752 ]. Pursuant to that mandate, we have made appropriate modifications in light of Skinner and now republish our decision as so modified.

Defendant appeals from the judgment sentencing him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after a jury convicted him of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 189), second degree murder (§§ 187, subd. (a), 189) and attempted- murder (§§ 187, subd. (a), 664). The jury also found true the special circumstance of multiple murders (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3)), that defendant personally used a firearm in the commission of those offenses (§ 12022.5), and that defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury in the commission of the attempted murder (§ 12022.7).

With respect to the conviction of these crimes in the guilt phase of trial, defendant raises numerous claims of error, urging reversal…