People v. Williams CA4/2

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJanuary 14, 2026E086401California1,441 words

Opinion

Opinion

I.

INTRODUCTION

Defendant and appellant Larry Eric Williams appeals from the trial court’s

postjudgment order denying his petition for resentencing of his attempted murder

conviction (Pen. Code,1 §§ 664/187) under section 1172.6. Appointed counsel has filed a

brief under the authority of People v. Delgadillo (2022) 14 Cal.5th 216 (Delgadillo),

requesting this court to conduct an independent review of the record. In addition,

defendant has had an opportunity to file a supplemental brief with this court and has done

so. After considering the arguments raised in defendant’s supplemental brief and

exercising our discretion to conduct an independent review of the record, we affirm the

trial court’s postjudgment order denying defendant’s section 1172.6 petition. (Delgadillo,

supra, 14 Cal.5th at pp. 231-232.)

II.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

According to defendant’s handwritten account of the events attached to his

section 1172.6 petition for resentencing, defendant stated that the victim was in

possession of a “Glock 22 9mm” that belonged to defendant. Defendant went to the

victim’s house on the day of the shooting to get his gun back.

When he saw the victim and…

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