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The jury convicted defendant of the murder of Tina Tuyet Huynh committed during a robbery. Huynh died after she held onto the side of a speeding car (in which defendant was a passenger) and was dragged by the car for several blocks. Eventually, Huynh fell to the street and died of blunt force trauma caused by the fall. In a police interview, defendant recounted the scam drug deal that led to Huynh‘s death. According to defendant, Lynn Quach picked him up in her car and they drove to a park. There, Quach stopped her car behind a white Acura in which a lone man was sitting. Huynh was there to pick up 2,000 pills of Ecstasy she wanted to buy from Quach and defendant. Quach asked Huynh if she had the money. Huynh replied she had about $4,000, but demanded to see the Ecstasy. Defendant did not have any Ecstasy, but he needed money to pay his bills, so he pretended to have the pills. Huynh showed defendant the money twice. The second time, defendant ―took it.‖ He ―grabbed the money real‖ quick. Quach drove off, but Huynh ―was hanging on‖ the car and cursing, ―Motherfuckers.‖ The Acura chased Quach‘s car. Quach drove up and down a few streets. Huynh ―was hanging on to a door.‖ She…