P. v. Sanchez CA5
Appellant Luis Antonio Sanchez was 16 years old when he participated in a carjacking, robbery, and first degree special circumstance murder. In 1996, he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. In 2014, a writ of habeas corpus was granted, and resentencing was ordered in light of Miller v. Alabama (2012) 567 U.S. 460 (Miller). At the resentencing hearing in 2015, a term of life without parole was again imposed. Sanchez appealed the sentence on the grounds his sentence violated the Eighth Amendment and in our unpublished opinion filed December 16, 2016, we affirmed. Sanchez petitioned for review, review was granted, and on August 29, 2018, the California Supreme Court transferred the matter back to this court for a “determination of whether the matter is rendered moot in light of Senate Bill No. 394, signed into law on October 11, 2017.”
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