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Filed 10/28/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

A157062

v. CHLOE ALEXANDRA JAMES, (Solano County Super. Ct. No. FCR322082) Defendant and Appellant.

A jury found defendant Chloe Alexandra James guilty of felony child abuse or endangering the health of a child (Pen. Code,1 § 273a, subd. (a)) and found true the special allegation that she personally inflicted great bodily injury on the victim, D.G., who was under five years old (§ 12022.7, subd. (d)). The court then found James had a prior conviction of a serious felony. (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12.) She was sentenced to 18 years in prison. On appeal, James contends (1) defense counsel provided ineffective assistance when he failed to move to exclude her statements to detectives, (2) the trial court erred in refusing to allow defense counsel to ask hypothetical questions of the defense expert witness on police interrogation techniques, (3) the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury, sua sponte, that it could consider the reliability of her admission in determining her

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