People v. Schuller Court: Supreme Court of California, Docket: S272237, Opinion Date: August 17, 2023. The Supreme Court reversed the...

People v. Vaesau Docket: A165925 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: August 4, 2023. Based on events that occurred in 1991, when he...

AB 1310, as amended, McKinnor. Sentencing: recall and resentencing. An act to add Section 1385.2 to the Penal Code, relating to...

California v. Butler Docket: E078235 (Fourth Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 28, 2023. In November 2021, a jury convicted...

AB 600, as amended, Ting. Criminal procedure: resentencing. An act to amend Section 1172.1 of the Penal Code, relating to criminal...

People v. Pierce Docket: B322890 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 28, 2023. Appellant appealed an order denying a...

People v. Bartholomew Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: B316314 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: November 28, 2022....

People v. Arreguin Docket: A162718 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: June 14, 2022. Arreguin pleaded guilty to human trafficking...

The Association of Deputy District Attorneys etc. v. Gascon, Docket: B310845 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: June 2, 2022. On...

Young v. Superior Court of Solano County Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A162850 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date:...

People v. McMurray Docket: C090767 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 30, 2022. Defendant Woody McMurray appealed a trial court’s denial of a recommendation made by the Secretary (Secretary) of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) under former Penal Code section 1170(d)(1) that the trial court consider recalling defendant’s sentence and resentencing him in light of changes made to section 12022.53. Defendant contended the trial court

People v. Flores Docket: F080584 (Fifth Appellate District), Opinion Date: March 29, 2022. The Court of Appeal agreed with petitioner that he established a prima facie claim for resentencing relief pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.95. Therefore, the trial court erred in denying the petition without issuing an order to show cause or holding an evidentiary hearing. In this case, neither the charge nor the plea excludes petitioner from resentencing eligibility as a matter of

People v. Flint Docket: B310238 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 24, 2022. Flint was convicted of murder for his role in a 2006 attempted robbery in which his codefendant shot and killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Rosa. The jury rejected a felony-murder special circumstance allegation. In 2018, Senate Bill 1437 restricted the application of the felony-murder doctrine. Previously, if a defendant committed one of certain serious felonies i

California v. Hampton, Docket: C093270 (Third Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 10, 2022. Defendant Danny Hampton was convicted by jury of first degree murder and on two counts of robbery. He was sentenced to an aggregate terms of 33 years to life. The jury could not reach a verdict on the robbery-murder special-circumstance allegation, and that allegation was dismissed on the State's motion for insufficient evidence. Defendant filed a petition for resentencing unde

People v. Sek Docket: B309003 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: February 1, 2022. Assembly Bill No. 333, which altered both the substantive and procedural law regarding gang enhancements under Penal Code section 186.22, applies retroactively in this case. Under the new law, in order to prove that the defendant committed a crime for the benefit of a criminal street gang, the prosecution must show that the benefit to the gang was "more than reputational." Here, the ins

People v. Mejorado Docket: B308926 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: January 3, 2022. Mejorado, convicted in 2009 of the first-degree murder of Flores, and of the later first-degree murders of two others, is serving three terms of life without parole, plus more for various enhancements. The jury found true the special circumstance allegation that Mejorado committed the Flores murder while engaged in a robbery. The jury could not determine whether Mejorado or his comp

People v. Harrison Court: California Courts of Appeal, Docket: A159115 (First Appellate District), Opinion Date: December 30, 2021. Harrison sought to be resentenced under Penal Code section 1170.95, which allows a defendant convicted of felony murder to have his conviction vacated and be resentenced if the conviction would not be valid under recent amendments to sections 188 and 189, which changed the law so that a participant in certain felonies in which a death occurs is g

People v. Ramirez Docket: B306088 (Second Appellate District), Opinion Date: November 23, 2021. The Court of Appeal reversed a...