Keihea

Filed 10/13/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION *

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C088045

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 15F07862)

v.

TEVITA TIKONI KAIHEA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Maryanne G. Gilliard, Judge. Affirmed as modified.

Paul Couenhoven, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Robert Gezi, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

* Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 8.1105 and 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of Parts I, II, IV, V, VI and VII.

1 This is another case involving a murder arising from gang warfare, this time between the Tongan Crips and Norteños. A jury found defendant Tevita Tikoni Kaihea guilty of first degree murder and also found him guilty of multiple offenses involving a crime spree preceding…