People v. Hillard CA4/1

BACKGROUND

From 2001 through 2003, Hillard and an accomplice stole several trucks and used them to steal automatic teller machines from multiple locations. They later removed the cash from the machines and abandoned the trucks. Hillard and his accomplice were arrested after a deputy sheriff spotted them in a stolen truck. A jury found Hillard guilty of conspiracy to commit grand theft, six counts of unlawful taking or driving of a vehicle, four counts of burglary, two counts of grand theft, and one count each of attempted grand theft, receiving stolen property, and resisting an executive officer. The trial court found Hillard had served two prior prison terms and had two prior strike convictions. On September 20, 2004, Hillard was sentenced to prison as a third- strike offender for two years plus 300 years to life. He was ordered to pay a $10,000 restitution fine and $104,391.17 in victim restitution. We affirmed the judgment on Hillard’s appeal. (People v. Hillard (Apr. 19, 2006, D045175 [nonpub. opn.].) The Supreme Court of California denied his petition for review, and the remittitur issued on August 22, 2006. On January 11, 2024, after Hillard had been released from prison on…