People v. Patterson CA5

INTRODUCTION

In 2013, appellant and defendant Christopher Harvell Patterson was convicted, after a jury trial, of first degree premeditated murder with a special circumstance and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. In 2019, defendant filed a petition for resentencing pursuant to Penal Code 1 section 1170.95 and alleged his murder conviction was based on the felony-murder rule or the natural and probable consequences doctrine. The court denied the petition. On appeal, his appellate counsel has filed a brief which summarizes the facts with citations to the record, raises no issues, and asks this court to independently review the record. (People v. Wende (1979) 25 Cal.3d 436.) We affirm.

FACTS2

“[O]n August 19, 2012, defendant, a member of the Eastside Crips criminal street gang, was seated on a planter just outside a grocery store when 71-year-old Guadalupe Ramos walked from the store to her daughter’s car a short distance away in the parking lot. Defendant grabbed Ramos from behind and pulled a gold chain from around her neck knocking her to the pavement in the process and causing her to hit her back and head. Defendant then ran out of the parking lot and…