Mercado
The People v. Mercado
Opinion
Opinion
Klein, J.
Defendant and appellant, Monica Mercado, appeals the judgment entered following her conviction for second degree murder and attempted murder, with enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury and inflicting injury knowing the victim was pregnant (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187, 12022.7, 12022.9.) She was sentenced to state prison for a term of 32 years to life. In a related habeas corpus petition, Mercado claims she was denied the effective assistance of counsel.
We originally issued the opinion in this case, on July 21, 2011. On June 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court vacated the judgment and remanded the case to us for reconsideration in light of a new opinion, Williams v. Illinois (2012) 567 U.S._[ 183 L.Ed.2d 89 , 132 S.Ct. 2221 ]. After an initial round of supplemental briefing was solicited in order to address Williams , a second round was solicited because the California Supreme Court subsequently issued a trio of decisions analyzing Williams . After giving due consideration to all these high court opinions, we now reach the same result we did before.
The judgment is affirmed as modified. The habeas corpus petition is denied.