People v. Camacho CA2/5

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaFebruary 17, 2026B339615California3,336 words

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BACKGROUND

A short summary of the facts underlying the offenses is taken from the introductory remarks in our opinion relating to defendant’s appeal of the judgment in People v. Camacho (Dec. 11, 2015, B259838) [nonpub. opn.] (Camacho I). “A jury found defendant Albert Camacho . . . guilty of voluntary manslaughter for killing his girlfriend’s brother, Ben Cervantes. Ben lived in a house with his father Mike, his sister April (defendant’s girlfriend), and April’s three children. On the night in question,

The People properly request the July 23, 2024 abstract of judgment be amended to reflect the correct breakdown of custody credit. At the resentencing hearing, the trial court recognized that when defendant was originally sentenced, he had a total of 472 days of custody credit (411 actual days plus 61 days of presentence conduct credit) and, since that time, he accrued 3,576 days of actual credit. This brought his total custody credit to 4,408 (the court ordered the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation “to calculate the good time, work time days” relative to 3,576 days). However, the amended abstract of judgment that followed resentencing reflects 4,048 days of…

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