People v. Hughes CA2/6

Filed 7/17/24 P. v. Hughes CA2/

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

THE PEOPLE, 2d Crim. No. B330169 (Super. Ct. No. BA224537-01) Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County)

v.

BRENICE HUGHES,

Defendant and Appellant.

Brenice Hughes was convicted of first degree murder with a special circumstance finding. He was also convicted of attempted murder as to three other victims. Various enhancements were also found to be true. He was sentenced, inter alia, to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP). At the time, he was twenty-one years old. We affirmed the judgment in an unpublished opinion (People v. Hughes (Jan. 21, 2004, B163959) [nonpub. opn.]). Almost twenty years later, he sought a Franklin…