Vang

Filed 8/5/

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION*

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C090365

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 17FE01379)

v.

JERRY VANG,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Steve White, Judge. Reversed in part with directions and affirmed in part.

David L. Polsky, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans and Jessica C. Leal, Deputy Attorneys 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, III & IV.

1 After a jury trial, defendant Jerry Vang was convicted of numerous crimes against two different victims, including kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 207, subd. (a));1 first degree felony murder with a special-circumstance finding (§§ 187, subd. (a), 190.2,…