Chaney

Robert Alan Chaney appeals from the judgment sending him to prison for two consecutive, indeterminate 14-years-to-life terms plus a consecutive 10-year term, after a jury convicted him of three counts of kidnapping during.the commission of a carjacking. (See Pen. Code, § 209.5.) He was also convicted of the lesser included offense of carjacking, but that was dismissed by the trial court. Subsequently, the court found Chaney had three prior prison terms (see § 667.5, subd. (b)), one prior serious felony conviction (see § 667, subd. (a)), and one prior “strike” conviction (see §§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12).

On appeal, Chaney contends the trial court erred in admitting a nontestifying witness’s statement because it allegedly violated his right to confront and cross-examine a witness under the Sixth Amendment. (See Crawford v. Washington (2004) 541 U.S. 36 [ 158 L.Ed.2d 177 , 124 S.Ct. 1354 ]; see also Davis v. Washington (2006) 547 U.S. 813 [ 165 L.Ed.2d 224 , 126 S.Ct. 2266 ].) In the unpublished portion of our opinion, we address his other contentions: the allegedly erroneous admission of other, uncharged acts of violence; the allegedly erroneous jury instructions; the…