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Whether resentencing courts may strike special circumstance findings for convictions before the effective date of section 1385.1?

Case Name: People v. Henderson (2025) 110 Cal.App.5th 828, review granted 7/9/25
Case #: S291105/B330707
Last Updated: July 9, 2025

The issue to be briefed and argued is limited to the following: Does Penal Code section 1385.1, which bars sentencing courts from striking special circumstance findings, apply to Penal Code section 1172.6 resentencing proceedings for murder convictions occurring prior to the June 6, 1990 effective date of section 1385.1?