P. v. Jones
In 1994, appellant Lawrence Vernon Jones was convicted of perpetrating assault, mayhem, and various sex crimes upon a woman and sentenced to 78 years in prison. This court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal (People v. Jones (April 5, 1995, B084730) [nonpub. opn.]), but ordered a limited remand for the trial court to stay execution of sentence on the mayhem count and correct clerical errors in the abstract of judgment. On remand, the trial court stayed appellant’s mayhem sentence as directed.
On May 4, 2016, appellant filed a document he captioned “PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDATE/PROHIBITION.” In it, he alleged that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has “‘illegally’ been adjusting my Term on a April 04, 1994 sentence, Case No LA015282 . . . useing a number of illegal-type Enhancing Schemes, on at least 9-12 times, on ONE (1) alleged 09/11/1993 date, that I was found ‘NOT GUILTY’ by a Jury, on March 02, 1994.” All errors and e
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