Flint

Filed 1/28/22 Certified for Publication 2/24/22 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

THE PEOPLE, B310238

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. NA071779)

v.

JUSTIN ASHLEY FLINT,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Gary J. Ferrari, Judge. Reversed. Emry J. Allen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Amanda V. Lopez and Michael J. Wise, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________________ In 2018, the Legislature enacted Senate Bill No. 1437 (2017−2018 Reg. Sess.) (Senate Bill No. 1437), which, among other changes, restricted the application of the felony murder doctrine. Prior to the enactment of the law, if a defendant committed one of certain serious felonies in which an accomplice killed someone, the defendant was liable for first degree murder even if the killing was…