Mancilla

Filed 8/12/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B308413

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BA417858-02) v.

JOSEPH MANCILLA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a postjudgment order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Michael D. Carter, Judge. Affirmed. Edward J. Haggerty, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Xavier Becerra and Rob Bonta, Attorneys General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Idan Ivri and Thomas C. Hsieh, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. _________________________ Based on his active role in a shootout between rival gangs, Joseph Mancilla was convicted of first degree murder and four counts of attempted willful, deliberate and premeditated murder. In July 2020 the superior court denied Mancilla’s petition for resentencing under Penal Code section 1170.951 without first appointing counsel or inviting briefing, finding, based on the court’s recollection of the trial, as…