California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hankey, B298866 (Cal. App. 2020):
The trial court reached a contrary conclusion by reasoning that the facts of defendant's crime set forth in the prior appellate decision are, under People v. Medina (2016) 245 Cal.App.4th 778 (Medina), sufficient to establish that defendant was a major participant in the robbery and acted with reckless indifference to human life. To be sure, a trial court evaluating whether a defendant has made a prima facie showing in a section 1170.95 petition is not required to accept the petition's allegations at face
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