Stubblefield

Filed 2/5/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DANA STUBBLEFIELD, H052893

(Santa Clara County Petitioner, Super. Ct. No. F1660022)

v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA

CLARA COUNTY,

Respondent;

THE PEOPLE,

Real Party in Interest.

Petitioner Dana Stubblefield is currently serving a term of 15 years to life in state prison following his conviction for forcible rape and related offenses in 2020. On direct appeal, we held the conviction was legally invalid based on a violation of the California Racial Justice Act (RJA). We reversed the judgment, vacated the conviction and sentence, and remanded the matter to the trial court to conduct new proceedings. We filed our opinion on December 26, 2024, and the remittitur to the trial court has not yet issued. On December 31, 2024, Stubblefield filed a motion in respondent court for release on his own recognizance or on bail pending the final outcome of the appeal. The court denied the motion on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction because the remittitur from the decision on appeal had not yet issued. In this…