P. v. Williams CA2/1
In 2001, defendant and appellant Anzylon Williams was charged with attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. During her trial, the court instructed the jury that it could find the attempted murder was willful, deliberate, and premeditated if it found the attempted murder was a natural and probable consequence of the commission of the target crime of assault with a firearm. (See People v. Wilson et al. (Mar. 13, 2003, B156275) [nonpub. opn.] [2003 WL 1091052 at p. *2].) The jury convicted defendant of attempted willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The court sentenced Williams to 26 years to life in prison.
In 2019, defendant filed a petition under Penal Code section 1170.95 in the trial court claiming the trial court’s instruction on natural and probable consequences rendered her conviction for attempted murder invalid under current law.
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