In re Wright CA3

Filed 11/14/22 In re Wright CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

In re CHEVAL SHANNON WRIGHT

C094514

on Habeas Corpus. (Super. Ct. No. 20HC00287)

Defendant Cheval Shannon Wright’s 1995 convictions included murder, attempted murder and robbery. Various subsequent proceedings have modified defendant’s legal accountability for his involvement in the robbery, during which two people were shot. The instant matter involves the People’s appeal from the trial court’s ruling granting defendant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus and vacating the robbery-murder special- circumstance finding. The People argue that the trial court erred in applying the wrong standard of review by relying on the jury’s negative finding on the personal use of a firearm allegation to discount evidence that defendant was the…