People v. Young CA2/1

BACKGROUND

Earl Young murdered Carlos Amador (by shooting him in the head) and attempted to murder Carlos’s brother, Jorge, when Young and a codefendant robbed the Amadors’ home on November 13, 1999.3 (People v. Young (Jan. 31, 2005, B168977)

1 “This provision was originally codified as Penal Code section 1170.95 . . . . In the wake of [the Supreme Court’s] decision in People v. Lewis [(2021) 11 Cal.5th 952], the Legislature amended section 1170.95 to adopt certain of Lewis’s holdings. (Stats. 2021, ch. 551, § 1, subd. (b).) The Legislature later renumbered the provision without substantive change, effective June 30, 2022. (Stats. 2022, ch. 58, § 10.)” (People v. Strong (2022) 13 Cal.5th 698, 708, fn. 2.)

Further statutory references are to the Penal Code.

3We have used the Amadors’ first names for convenience and clarity; we intend no disrespect.

2 [nonpub. opn.], at p. 3 (Young I).) A jury convicted Young of murder, attempted premeditated murder, and multiple counts of robbery and attempted robbery, and found true various allegations of firearm use and special circumstances. (Id. at p. 2.) On Young’s direct appeal, we struck a multiple murder special circumstance…