In re T.D. CA5
T.D. was 14 years old when he shot and killed Chaz Bettencourt during an attempted carjacking. (People v. Diaz (2018) 21 Cal.App.5th 538 (Diaz); see id. (Mar. 20, 2018, F071348) [nonpub opn.].) He eventually was convicted in adult criminal court and sentenced to a lengthy prison term. (Diaz, at p. 541.) Before his judgment of conviction became final, changes in law with respect to the charging of juveniles in adult criminal court required that the matter be remanded to the juvenile court and the criminal convictions be treated as juvenile adjudications. (Initiative Measure, Prop. 57, § 4.2, approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 8, 2016) eff. Nov. 9, 2016; Senate Bill No. 1391 (2017-2018 Reg. Sess.) (Stats. 2018, ch. 1012, § 1) (Senate Bill No. 1391); see Diaz, at p. 546; see also People v. Superior Court (T.D.) (2019) 38 Cal.App.5th 360, 368.)
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