Navarra
People v. Navarra
Opinion
lead Opinion
Hill, J.
*175 INTRODUCTION
Brittany Navarra (defendant) stands convicted, following a jury trial, of first degree murder ( Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a) ; count 1), first degree burglary ( id ., § 459; count 2), and conspiracy to commit murder ( id ., § 182, subd. (a)(1); count 3). The jury further found true a lying-in-wait special circumstance ( id ., § 190.2, subd. (a)(15)) with respect to count 1. Defendant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole (LWOP) and ordered to pay various fees, fines, and assessments. 1
In our original unpublished opinion, we found no prejudicial error and affirmed, rejecting defendant's claims (1) she was denied various constitutional rights by the admission of Gran's convictions; (2) she was denied various constitutional rights by the admission of Gran's statement to a psychologist who interviewed Gran in conjunction with Gran's plea of not *176 guilty by reason of insanity (NGI); (3) the jury instructions allowed jurors to find defendant guilty of first degree murder based on Gran's mental state rather than her own; (4) there was insufficient evidence to support first degree murder by lying in wait and the lying-in-wait special…