People v. Fletcher CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1999 we affirmed Fletcher’s 1997 conviction for first degree murder and attempted robbery in an unpublished opinion. (People v. Fletcher et al. (Sep. 13, 1999, D029019) [nonpub. opn.].) Fletcher is serving a term of life

without the possibility of parole, along with a five-year consecutive term.

As set forth in our 1999 opinion,3 in the early morning hours of June 20, 1991, a taxicab was abandoned on a freeway onramp, and the driver

Unless otherwise indicated, all further statutory references are to the Penal Code. On March 13, 2024, the People filed a request for judicial notice regarding documents from Fletcher’s criminal prosecution that were not presented to the trial court in connection with the litigation of Fletcher’s petition for resentencing. The documents at issue are (1) the operative third amended information; (2) the closing arguments from the 1997 trial; and (3) the returned and unused verdict forms from the 1997 trial. We grant the request, which is unopposed. We refer to our 1999 opinion solely for general contextual background. We do not rely upon the factual summary from the 1999 opinion to evaluate…