People v. Thigpen CA3

Filed 12/22/14 P. v. Thigpen 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NOT TO BE PUBLISHED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, C074281

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 07F04369)

v.

CLYDE WILLIAM THIGPEN, JR.,

Defendant and Appellant.

In April 2013, defendant Clyde William Thigpen, Jr., filed a petition to recall his January 2008 indeterminate life sentence, pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.126.1 The statute, enacted as part of a November 2012 initiative measure, provides relief under narrow criteria from indeterminate life sentences imposed for recidivism.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 Defendant alleged that in January 2008, the trial court had sentenced him to state prison for a term of 35 years…