P. v. Villanueva CA2/10
In 2019, defendant Jose Luis Villanueva petitioned the superior court to vacate his 1995 second degree murder conviction and to resentence him pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.95. Section 1170.95 was enacted as part of Senate Bill No. 1437 (2017-2018 Reg. Sess.) (Senate Bill 1437), which also amended sections 188 and 189 to limit accomplice liability for murder under the natural and probable consequences doctrine and the felony-murder rule
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