P. v. Prado CA4/3
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Orange County, Lance Jensen, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions.
John F. Schuck, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher P. Beesley, Alan L. Amann and Warren J. Williams, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
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In 1999, a jury convicted defendant Manuel De Jesus Prado of felony murder as an aider and abettor. The jury found true a felony-murder special-circumstance allegation (a murder during a robbery). The court imposed a life sentence.
The California Supreme Court subsequently filed two opinions providing substantial guidance on factors that must be considered by a jury in felony-murder special-circumstance sentencing enhancements. (People v. Banks (2015) 61 Cal.4th 788 (Banks); People v. Clark (2016) 63 Cal.4th 522 (Clark).)
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