People v. Trotter CA2/7

INTRODUCTION

In 2005 a jury convicted Ramon Trotter of first degree murder, three attempted murders, and related crimes in connection with a shooting spree on the freeway. The jury also found true the special circumstance allegation the murder was committed “by means of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle, intentionally at another person or persons outside the vehicle with the intent to inflict death.” (Pen. Code, § 190.2, subd. (a)(21).)1 The trial court sentenced Trotter on the murder conviction to a prison term of life without the possibility of parole, and on each of the three attempted murder convictions to life in prison with a minimum term of parole eligibility of seven years. The court also imposed additional terms for various firearm enhancements. We affirmed Trotter’s convictions on direct appeal. (People v. Trotter (July 25, 2007, B187097) [nonpub. opn.].) In 2021 Trotter filed a petition under section 1172.6 (former section 1170.95), which, as amended effective January 1, 2022, authorized certain individuals convicted of murder under the felony-murder rule or murder, attempted murder, or voluntary manslaughter under the natural and probable consequences…