People v. Hill

Opinion

PUGLIA, P. J.

— A jury convicted defendant of conspiracy to commit first degree murder by explosive. (Pen. Code, §§ 182, 189; further statutory references to sections of an undesignated code are to the Penal Code.) On *22appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred: (1) in failing adequately to deal with the jury’s request for further instruction, and (2) in denying his new trial motion which was based on jury misconduct in considering the issue of penalty during deliberations. We shall affirm, holding, inter alla, that Evidence Code section 1150, subdivision (a), which excludes…