P. v. Hampton CA4/2
Defendant and appellant Eddie Lee Hampton appeals from the superior court’s order denying his petition to vacate his murder conviction and obtain resentencing relief pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.95. In our prior opinion, we affirmed the superior court’s ruling, after which defendant successfully petitioned the Supreme Court for review.
The Supreme Court transferred the case to us with directions to vacate our earlier opinion and reconsider our decision “in light of Senate Bill No. 775 (Stats. 2021, ch. 551) and People v. Lewis (2021) 11 Cal.5th 952” (Lewis). We vacated our decision on February 25, 2022, and allowed the parties to file supplemental briefs limited to matters arising after the previous decision in this matter. In his supplemental brief, defendant contends the matter should be remanded for further proceedings because the trial court improperly engaged in factfinding at the prima facie stage to determine that he was the actual killer.
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