Young

By jury trial appellant Toraino Leon Young was convicted of (1) first degree murder, with the special circumstance that the murder was in the commission of robbery or in the immediate flight after having committed robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189, 190.2, subd. (a)(17)); (2) robbery (Pen. Code, § 211); and (3) evading an officer, causing death (Veh. Code, § 2800.3). Appellant was sentenced to prison for life without possibility of parole for murder with special circumstances, plus three consecutive years for robbery, plus one consecutive year on revocation of probation for appellant’s prior conviction of sale of cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352); sentence for evading an officer was stayed pursuant to Penal Code section 654.

After robbing a victim of his wallet and his new car, appellant drove the stolen car at high speeds in flight from a pursuing police vehicle. Appellant ran four red lights, then collided with two other vehicles, killing one of the other motorists. We affirm appellant’s conviction of first degree felony murder with special circumstances and appellant’s sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

Facts

On the night of July 18, 1989,…