Wilson

BACKGROUND

I

Factual Background4 On the evening of July 6, 1999, Wilson, his brother Thabiti Wilson

(Thabiti),[5] and Brian Mason went to a party held by Henry Mabry in a motel room. Wilson, Thabiti, and Mason were members of a “Blood-set” gang, “Lincoln Park,” while Mabry and the others at the party were members of a rival “Crip-set” gang. During the party, Thabiti and Mason began rapping lyrics insulting to Crips gang members, including rapping about “crip killing” and using the derogatory term “crabs” to describe the Crips. The Crips gang

The California Supreme Court has granted review on the issue of whether a felony-murder special-circumstance finding (§ 190.2, subd. (a)(17)) made before People v. Banks (2015) 61 Cal.4th 788 (Banks) and People v. Clark (2016) 63 Cal.4th 522 (Clark) precludes a defendant from making a prima facie showing of eligibility for relief under section 1170.95. (See People v. Strong (Dec. 18, 2020, C091162) [nonpub. opn.], review granted March 10, 2021, S266606.)

The factual background is taken verbatim from Wilson, supra,

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For the sake of convenience, we use Thabiti’s first name. We intend no disrespect. 3 members…