Wilson

People v. Wilson

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 27, 2025A168965California1,365 words

Opinion

Opinion

Guez, J.

BACKGROUND

In 2018, the prosecution charged Wilson with 14 felony counts. In 2022, he pled no contest to one count of kidnapping, and he admitted using a firearm and one factor in aggravation — the crime involved great violence, bodily harm, the threat of bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness, or callousness. (Pen. Code, §§ 207, subd. (a), 12022.5, subd. (a), undesignated statutory references are to this code; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 4.421(a)(1).) In exchange, the prosecutor dismissed the remaining

1 We set forth only those facts necessary to the resolution of the issue

before us. (People v. Garcia (2002) 97 Cal.App.4th 847, 851.) 1 counts and related special allegations and firearm enhancements. The parties agreed to a 12-year sentence — an aggravated eight-year term for kidnapping, and a four-year midterm for using a gun. The trial court imposed the agreed-upon sentence on November 17, 2022. On March 17, 2023 — 120 days after sentencing — Wilson petitioned the trial court to resentence him under former section 1172.1 and “consistent with the newly issued directives of the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.” He attached the…

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