Reyes

A jury convicted Cuauhtemoc Agustín Reyes and Arthur Frank Zavala of kidnapping to extort a ransom. (Pen. Code, § 209, subd. (a); all further undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) Reyes contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence, including the name of his cell phone carrier and records subsequently obtained from that carrier, after an employee at a private mail facility displayed to investigating officers the exterior envelope of a bill addressed to Reyes by the carrier. Reyes also challenges the admission of a lock pick set found in his possession, Zavala contests a pretrial photo identification as unconstitutionally suggestive, and both defendants contend the statutorily mandated life term for aggravated kidnapping amounts to cruel or unusual punishment under the California Constitution. As we explain, none of these contentions has merit, and we therefore affirm the judgment.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Around 9:00 p.m. on November 16, 2001, 30-year-old Farsheed Atef exited an electronics store in Fountain Valley. As he placed his purchases in the trunk of his car, he noticed a white van parked in the…