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Name: People v. Matlock
Case #: C101094
Opinion Date: 20260312
Attorney: William G. Holzer
Summary

In an appeal of the trial court’s order denying a Penal Code section 1172.6 petition for resentencing, the Court of Appeal agreed with the appellant that substantial evidence did not support the trial court’s finding that the appellant acted with reckless indifference to human life. The order denying the appellant’s section 1172.6 petition was reversed and the matter was remanded to the trial court with instructions to vacate the appellant’s voluntary manslaughter conviction and the attached firearm use enhancement and to resentence appellant on the remaining charges.