People v. Jones CA3
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 2/11/26 P. v. Jones CA3
NOT TO BE PUBLISHED
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento) ----
THE PEOPLE, C102566
Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 05F01670)
v.
RUSSELL JONES,
Defendant and Appellant.
In 2007, a jury found defendant Russell Jones guilty of first degree murder and found that he committed the murder in the course of a robbery and a burglary. In 2022, defendant filed a petition for resentencing under what is now Penal Code1 section 1172.6.2 The trial court denied the petition after an evidentiary hearing.
Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code. Effective June 30, 2022, former section 1170.95 was recodified without substantive change to section 1172.6. (Stats.…