People v. Vang CA3
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 11/1/21 P. v. Vang CA3
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Placer) ----
THE PEOPLE, C090329
Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 62152970D)
v.
JIMMY YOUNG VANG,
Defendant and Appellant.
A group of people taped up Tu Nguyen, then drove him to an open field near the Thunder Valley Casino, where he was shot to death. Two of the accomplices implicated defendant Jimmy Young Vang as the killer. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of first degree murder with a felony-murder (kidnapping) special circumstance (Pen. Code, §§ 187, subd. (a), 190.2, subd. (a)(17))1 and kidnapping with personal use of a firearm (§§ 207, subd. (a),
Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.