P. v. Soto CA2/4
Defendant Victor Edgar Soto was convicted of murder and attempted murder for a gang-related shooting that occurred in 1996. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in denying his post-trial request for discovery of officer personnel records under Pitchess v. Superior Court (1974) 11 Cal.3d 531 (Pitchess). In addition, the parties agree that the trial court made several minor sentencing errors.
After we issued an opinion in this case on September 20, 2017, the California Supreme Court ordered that we vacate our previous opinion and reconsider the cause in light of Senate Bill No. 620, which amended Penal Code section 12022.5. Having done so, we remand the case for the trial court to correct the sentencing errors identified below, and to conduct a new sentencing hearing to consider whether to strike or dismiss the section 12022.5 firearm enhancements. We otherwise affirm the judgment.
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