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When PC 1170(b) sentencing error may be found harmless beyond a reasonable doubt

Case Name: People v. Flowers (Sept. 22, 2025, B312522) [nonpublished opinion], review granted 12/17/25
Case #: S293388/B312522
Last Updated: December 17, 2025

Did the Court of Appeal err by declining to remand for resentencing under the amended Penal Code section 1170, subdivision (b)? (See People v. Wiley (2025) 17 Cal.5th 1069; People v. Lynch (2024) 16 Cal.5th 730; People v. Salazar (2023) 15 Cal.5th 416; People v. Gutierrez (2014) 58 Cal.4th 1354.)