Dowdell

Defendants Terrance Ray Lincoln and Brittany Kim Dowdell were tried before dual juries for offenses arising out of a robbery/carjacking/kidnapping incident in Sunnyvale. The jury trying Lincoln (the Lincoln jury) found him guilty on five counts as charged: “Count One”—kidnapping for ransom or extortion; “Count Two”—kidnapping during a carjacking; “Count Three”—carjacking; “Count Four”—kidnapping for robbery; and “Count Five”—criminal threats. (Pen. Code, §§ 209, subd. (a), 209.5, 215, 209, subd. (b)(1), 422.) The trial court found two prior prison term allegations trae and sentenced Lincoln to two concurrent terms of life with the possibility of parole, consecutive to four years.

Dowdell was charged with the same counts as Lincoln, except she was not charged with Count Five—criminal threats. The jury trying Dowdell (the Dowdell jury) found her guilty on two counts: Count One—kidnapping for ransom or extortion; and Count Four—kidnapping for robbery. The jury hung on Counts Two and Three. The trial court sentenced Dowdell to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

On appeal, Lincoln claims (1) the trial court should have excluded his allegedly coerced confession;…