Man Gets 25 Years to Life for Teen’s 2000 Shooting Death on San Diego Freeway

Man Gets 25 Years to Life for Teen’s 2000 Shooting Death on San Diego Freeway
A San Diego Harbor Police officer helps to secure a crime scene in San Diego, in a file photo. John Gastaldo/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP
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SAN DIEGO—A man convicted twice of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy on a San Diego freeway nearly 25 years ago was sentenced May 14 to 25 years to life in state prison.

Phong Huynh, 47, was convicted in two separate jury trials in 2015 and 2019 of first-degree murder for the Feb. 13, 2000, car-to-car shooting of Nghia Tan Pham. Mr. Huynh was sentenced each time to 50 years to life in state prison, but appellate courts overturned both convictions.

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