P. v. Lua CA4/9
Alfonso Lua pled no contest to voluntary manslaughter in 2017. He filed a petition to vacate his conviction under Penal Code section 1170.95, which allows certain defendants convicted of murder under the felony-murder rule or the natural and probable consequences doctrine to seek resentencing. (All undesignated statutory citations are to the Penal Code.) The trial court denied the petition, ruling that only those convicted of murder are eligible for relief under section 1170.95. We agree with the trial court that section 1170.95 does not provide relief for those convicted of manslaughter, and accordingly we affirm.
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