People v. Saterfield CA3

BACKGROUND

Claiming he was being followed, defendant brought a gun into a store where his codefendant Hieu Van Hoang was eating. Minutes later, Hoang fatally shot two teenage brothers in the store’s parking lot, with the gun supplied by defendant. (People v. Saterfield (Apr. 29, 2021, C089886) [nonpub. opn.].)2 In May 2019, a jury found defendant guilty of two counts of first degree murder (§ 187, subd. (a)) and found true a firearm enhancement (§ 12022.53, subd. (c)). The jury also found true the special circumstances that defendant committed multiple murders. (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(3).) The trial court sentenced defendant to consecutive sentences of life without parole, plus an additional 20-year term for the firearm enhancement. We affirmed the judgment on appeal. (People v. Saterfield, supra, C089886.) In April 2024, defendant filed a petition for resentencing under section 1172.6. The petition alleged that he was charged under a theory that allowed malice to be imputed to him based solely on his participation in a crime and he could not currently be

We briefly summarize the relevant facts of this case from our prior unpublished opinion. (People v. Saterfield, supra,…