P. v. Mabson CA3
Defendant Travis Mabson, along with accomplices Patrick Jerome McPherson and Patrick Joseph Godines, were all convicted of felony murder with special circumstances, attempted robbery, and burglary after their attempt to rob Michael Sanderson in his apartment ended in Sanderson’s death. We affirmed defendant’s convictions on appeal. (People v. Godines (July 25, 2018, C078214/C078601) [nonpub. opn.] (Godines).)
In 2019, defendant filed a petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.95. The trial court denied the petition after finding defendant was ineligible for relief as a matter of law given the jury’s true findings on the attempted robbery-murder and burglary-murder special circumstances. Defendant appeals, arguing he demonstrated prima facie entitlement to relief, and that the trial court should have issued an order to show cause and conducted an evidentiary hearing. Finding no error, we affirm.
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