People v. Muro CA2/3
Opinion
Opinion
BACKGROUND
On March 24, 1996, Muro fired multiple shots into a van stopped at a red light, killing Richard Lopez and Michael Mahome.2 After shooting them, Muro got into a car he had just bought from his brother-in-law. Israel Magana was driving the car, and additional passengers were in the car. Muro confessed to being the shooter, because he did not think it right that an innocent man be accused. In 1998, a jury convicted Muro of two counts of murder and found true a multiple-murder special-circumstance allegation. (§§ 187, subd. (a), 190.2, subd. (a)(3).) On January 20, 1999, a court sentenced Muro to two terms of life without parole. In 2023, Muro petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus and requested a Franklin hearing. On April 19, 2024, the trial court denied Muro’s petition, finding him ineligible for a Franklin hearing as a matter of law.
2 The facts are from this division’s opinion affirming an order denying a petition Muro had filed under section 1172.6 for resentencing, People v. Muro (May 13, 2021, B307128) [nonpub. opn.]. We take judicial notice of that opinion. (Evid. Code, § 452, subd. (a).) 3 Although Muro raised the Franklin issue in a petition for a writ of…