P. v. Jones CA2/3
In 2012, a jury convicted Ronald Jones of the first degree murder of Annton Berry. At trial, the People prosecuted Jones under a felony-murder theory, arguing he either killed Berry during the commission of a robbery or aided and abetted the actual killer during the commission of a robbery. This court affirmed Jones’s conviction on direct appeal in 2013. (People v. Jones (Sept. 26, 2013, B241140) [nonpub. opn.].)
In 2019, Jones filed a petition to have his conviction vacated under Penal Code section 1170.95, arguing he couldn’t now be convicted of first or second degree murder under sections 188 and 189 as those statutes were amended by Senate Bill No. 1437 (S.B. 1437).
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