P. v. Garcia CA5
On March 30, 2016, an amended information was filed charging appellant and Carla Mariela Garcia Torres with the premediated murder of appellant’s niece, whom the two had been fostering. The information included additional charges related to child abuse and endangerment, along with an enhancement for personally inflicting great bodily injury.
After a jury trial, appellant and Torres were found guilty of a lesser included murder offense and the child abuse charges. Appellant eventually received an indeterminate term of 15 years to life, plus a consecutive, determinate term of four years.
On March 9, 2020, appellant petitioned for resentencing under former section 1170.95 by submitting a preprinted form.
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