People v. Andrews CA5

INTRODUCTION

In 2006, defendant Donna Lee Andrews was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole plus 25 years to life after being convicted of two counts of premeditated and deliberate attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187, subd. (a)) and three counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (§ 245, subd. (b)). (Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.) The jury found true allegations defendant personally inflicted great bodily injury during the commission of each offense (§ 12022.7, subd. (a)); she personally used a firearm during the commission of the assaults with a semiautomatic firearm (§ 12022.5, subds. (a) & (d)); and defendant personally discharged a firearm and proximately caused great bodily injury or death (§ 12022.53, subd. (d)) during the commission of the attempted murders. In 2022, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) recommended recall and resentencing pursuant to section 1172.1 (former § 1170.03) based on the defendant’s prison conduct. In March 2024, after holding a hearing, the court recalled defendant’s sentence, dismissed several enhancements that were previously stayed or ordered to run…