People v. Hopkins CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

An October 2018 complaint charged Hopkins with four felonies allegedly committed in March 2017, a week before he turned 18 years old. He was charged with one count of murder of Demarcus Doss, one count of

1 All further statutory references are to the Penal Code. attempted murder of another victim, one count of shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, and one count of street terrorism.2 Gang and firearm enhancements were also alleged in connection with the first three counts.3 Little information about the underlying facts appears in our record. In October 2019, under a plea agreement, Hopkins pled no contest to a newly added count of voluntary manslaughter and accompanying gang- enhancement allegation.4 In exchange, the remaining counts were dismissed, and he was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Three years later, in April 2023, Hopkins filed a petition for resentencing under section 1172.6. He checked boxes indicating that (1) a charging document was filed “that allowed the prosecution to proceed under a theory of felony murder, murder under the natural and probable consequences doctrine[,] or other theory under which malice is imputed to a…