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IN RE LOPEZ

No. S258912.

14 Cal.5th 562 (2023)

In re RICO RICARDO LOPEZ on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

April 3, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Xavier Becerra and Rob Bonta , Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler and Lance E. Winters , Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan , Bridget Billeter , Seth K. Schalit , Donna M. Provenzano and Amit Kurlekar , Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Victor J. Morse , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Respondent Rico Ricardo Lopez.

Mary K. McComb , State Public Defender, Nerissa Huertas and Samuel Weiscovitz , Deputy State Public Defenders, and Elias Batchelder for the State Public Defender as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Rico Ricardo Lopez.

OPINION

In 2005, Rico Ricardo Lopez was tried along with several codefendants for the murder of Ignacio Gomez. A jury convicted Lopez and three of his codefendants (Peter Amante, Rogelio Cardenas, and Patrick Higuera, Jr.) of Gomez's first degree premeditated murder...

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