P. v. Torres CA2/7
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, William C. Ryan, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions.
Jonathan E. Demson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Amanda V. Lopez and Viet H. Nguyen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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Jose Guadalupe Torres pleaded no contest in March 2018 to one count of voluntary manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192, subd. (a)), admitted the special allegation the offense had been committed for the benefit of a criminal street gang (§ 186.22, subd. (b)(1)(C)) and was sentenced to state prison for 16 years. In September 2021 Torres, representing himself, petitioned for resentencing pursuant to former section 1170.95 (now section 1172.6), added to the Penal Code by Senate Bill No. 1437 (Stats. 2018, ch. 1015) (Senate Bill
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