California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Garcia, A157905 (Cal. App. 2021):
On December 18, 2015, the trial court granted defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus and reduced his conviction from first degree to second degree murder in accordance with People v. Chiu (2014) 59 Cal.4th 155. On February 26, 2016, defendant was then resentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
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