P. v. Mansfield CA4/2
Defendant and appellant Robert Wayne Mansfield appeals from an order denying his petition to vacate his first degree murder conviction and obtain resentencing relief pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.95. He claims the trial court improperly denied his petition because it engaged in impermissible factfinding at the prima facie stage of review and denied his petition without conducting an evidentiary hearing. The People agree, as do we. We thus reverse the order and remand the matter to the trial court with directions to issue an order to show cause and hold an evidentiary hearing pursuant to section 1170.95, subdivision (d).
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