People v. Williamson CA4/2

I.

INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant Alvin Williamson, Jr. appeals the trial court’s

postjudgment order denying his petition for resentencing of his first degree murder

1 1 conviction (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a)) under section 1172.6 (formerly § 1170.95).

Appointed counsel has filed a brief under the authority of People v. Delgadillo (2022)

Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo), requesting this court to conduct an independent review of the

record. In addition, defendant has had an opportunity to file a supplemental brief with

this court and has done so. After considering the arguments raised in defendant’s

supplemental brief, and exercising our discretion to conduct an independent review of the

record, we affirm the trial court’s potsjudgment order summarily denying defendant’s

section 1172.6 petition. (Delgadillo, supra, at pp. 231-232.)

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 2, 2005, the victim and Tony Kilgore got into a fight on the patio of an

apartment. They fought for a few minutes and then the victim left. The victim was a

member of the “Tre 57” gang, which is part of a “Crip set” out of Pomona, also known as

the “357” gang. As the victim was walking…