People v. Hill CA1/2

BACKGROUND

A. Conviction and Sentencing In 2008, Hill was convicted of first degree murder (§ 187, subd. (a)) and sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus a consecutive 10-year term for a firearm use enhancement (§ 12022.53, subd. (b)), and a one-year term for an arming enhancement (§ 12022, subd. (a)(1)). Hill was ordered to pay a $10,000 restitution fine (§ 1202.4, sub.(b)); $7,500 in victim restitution; a $20 court security fee (§ 1465.8); and a $100 probation investigation fee (§ 1203.1, subd. (b)). Hill appealed. We stayed the one-year term imposed pursuant to section 12022, subdivision (a)(1), and affirmed the conviction. (People v. Hill, supra, A124123 & A124244.) B. Section 1465.9 In 2020, the Legislature passed Assembly Bill No. 1869 (2019–2020 Reg. Sess.) (Assembly Bill 1869). Assembly Bill 1869 recognized that court- ordered fines and fees are “often assigned to people who simply cannot afford to pay them,” and “make poor people, their families, and their communities poorer.” (Stats. 2020, ch. 92, § 2.) Its stated intent was “to eliminate the range of administrative fees that agencies and courts are authorized to impose to fund elements of the criminal legal…